Houston Investment Manager Pleads Guilty in Utah for Role in $72 Million Fraud Scheme
Robert Andres, 62, an investment manager based in Houston, pleaded guilty in federal court in Salt Lake City for his role in a $72 million investment fraud scheme.
Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney David B. Barlow for the District of Utah, Special Agent in Charge Mary Rook of the FBI’s Salt Lake City Field Office, and Special Agent in Charge Paul A. Camacho of the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Las Vegas Field Office made the announcement.
Andres pleaded guilty on Aug. 21, 2013, to one count of wire fraud. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of $250,000 when he is sentenced on Jan. 7, 2014.
According to the indictment and other publicly filed documents, Andres operated Winsome Investment Trust, an investment entity, and served as its sole manager, attorney and trustee. From October 2005 until at least January 2011, Andres recruited investors for Winsome by misrepresenting Winsome’s assets and asset allocation and the way in which funds were invested.
Between October 2005 and April 2007, Andres raised more than $39 million from Winsome investors by disseminating false and misleading Winsome balance sheets and by representing to investors that Andres would invest all of their funds in a trading program or a mostly automated trading business.
According to publicly filed documents, between April 2007 and January 2011, Andres used false and misleading information to raise an additional $32 million from new investors. Furthermore, Andres failed to disclose that new investors’ funds would be used to pay earlier investors. In addition, Andres used new investor funds to make purported “profit” payments to earlier investors to create the false impression that Winsome was profitable. During this period, Andres misappropriated approximately $2.2 million in investor proceeds for personal use, including hotel bills and living expenses.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice
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