April 25, 2012: The Court today entered an order approving seven settlement agreements entered into by the Receiver.

April 23, 2012: The Receiver today filed a motion and memo with the Court seeking approval to finalize seven settlement agreements. These settlement agreements will bring over $340,000 to the Receivership Estate.

April 20, 2012: The Court today granted the CFTC’s request to strike Holloway’s motion to set aside the default judgment entered against US Ventures. The Court said Holloway cannot represent US Ventures because corporations can only be represented by attorneys, not officers.

March 26, 2012: The Court today set a hearing for April 23, 2012 on the Receiver’s motion for approval to begin the claims process. If the claims process is approved at that time, the Receiver will ask the Court to extend the deadlines included in the original motion.

March 23, 2012: The Receiver today filed the fifth quarterly status report with the court. The report describes activities of the Receivership since December 15, 2011.

March 7, 2012: The Receiver today filed a motion with the Court seeking permission to begin a claims process. The documents include a motion and memorandum describing the claims process proposed by the Receiver and copies of the claim form that the Receiver proposes to use can be found here. As soon as the Court approves the claim form and the claims process, the Receiver will e-mail copies to investors whose addresses the Receiver has and will post them on the website. Do not complete the proposed claim form that was submitted to the Court.

March 6, 2012: The Receiver today filed a motion asking the Court to approve payment of the balance of the first fee application (for work performed from January 25, 2011 to April 30, 2011) and to approve payment to the receiver’s attorneys for work the attorneys performed between January 31, 2011 and May 1, 2011. A copy of the application can be found here. The Receiver will file an application for his fees for work since May when more funds have been recovered.

February 21, 2012: The Court today entered two orders relating to the Receivership. The Court approved six settlement agreements that the Receiver has recently negotiated. The Court also entered an order requiring Andres to allow the Receiver to access documents on the Winsome computer, subject to certain conditions.

February 17, 2012: The Receiver today filed a motion asking the Court to approve six settlement agreements recently reached by the Receiver. The settlements are with CitiMortgage (whereby the Receiver will assist the bank in selling Andres’ home and dividing the proceeds), W. Erving (return of full $100,000 loan from Winsome), L. Sternheim (return of full $153,730 overpaid, plus $1,050 in court filing fees), I. Sternheim (return of full $33,000 overpaid), Kluger School (return of full $10,000 overpaid) See Receiver’s Note, and A. Kalil and S. Ponsler (return of full $25,000 overpaid). Copies of the motion and supporting memorandum.

January 31, 2012: The Receiver filed a motion with the Court asking for approval to finalize three settlement agreements. Under the first settlement, a law firm has paid the Receiver $425,000.00 in settlement of claims the Receiver might assert relating to legal fees that Winsome paid to the law firm. The second settlement involves an investor repaying $10,000 of the $15,000 he was overpaid. The third involves an investor repaying $7,500 of the $8,032 that he was overpaid. On January 31, 2012, the Court issued an order approving the settlements. Copies of the motion, memorandum in support, and court order can be found here. The memorandum in support provides a description of the settlements.

January 30, 2012: The New Mexico bankruptcy court issued an order approving the settlement between the Receiver and the bankruptcy trustee regarding the sale of the patent rights in Aerospace Consulting. The Receivership Court had approved the settlement earlier.

January 23, 2012: The Receiver today filed another group of lawsuits against people and companies who received funds improperly from US Ventures or Winsome. Those sued today include: Nordstrom Bank, Wycliff, American Express, Barrington/John Cook, Warren Chiu/PacificWin, Cook/Onti, Sarmiento/Grupo, and Lewis Scogin/Covenant Trust.

January 20, 2012: The Receiver today filed twelve new lawsuits against persons who received improper funds from Winsome or US Ventures. The lawsuits are against: Jesus Baca, John Bassett, Judith Bassett, Steven Hoskins, Norbert Keeney, Duane Kilburg, Forres McGraw, Michael Roulhac, Christina Scott, Summa Stelly, Christine Walker, and Patricia Winans.

January 18, 2012: The Receiver today filed 13 lawsuits against people and companies who are alleged to have received funds improperly from Winsome or US Ventures. The lawsuits name the following as defendants: Aishwariya Enterprises, Hendrick Barrett, David Story, Lou Georges, Roxanne Tsakas, Khiem Le, MME Group/Robert Righetti, Ryan Runia, Sacred Site Properties, William Smith, Ronda Beasore, Devon Dahlke, and Steven Stelly.

January 17, 2012: The Receiver filed 19 lawsuits today against people and companies that received improper funds from Winsome or USV. The lawsuits are against Kathryn Payton, Fundacion Guatemalteco, JoAnn Holly, King King & Jones, Rabbi Solomon Kluger School, William Ison, JKKB Enterprises, World Investment Strategies, Nunzio Bruno, Lauren Bateman, Jacki Barrientes, Allison Frank, Linh Nguyen, Assed Kalil & Steven Ponsler, Gerald Nowak, Kathy Grady, Jason Buck, Garry Smith, and Joshua Carmody.

January 11, 2012: The Receiver filed a lawsuit today against New Mexico attorney Daniel Behles and his law firm. Behles represented Winsome in connection with payments to Aerospace Consulting Corp. In the lawsuit the Receiver alleges that Behles received payments in excess of the value of work he performed for Winsome and breached his fiduciary duties to Winsome.

January 9, 2012: The Receiver today filed three more lawsuits seeking to recover funds paid improperly by Winsome. Those sued today include Ravkind and Associates (a Dallas law firm), Mark Bush (a resident of Houston), and Terry Harper (a third-party marketer).

January 5, 2012: The Receiver filed two additional lawsuits today against persons who received funds improperly from Winsome. The lawsuits are against Keith Shaffner (and others) and Erie Technology Incubator.

January 4, 2012: The federal district court today issued an order “reappointing” the Receiver. This step was necessary to allow the Receiver to file a notice of the receivership in additional states where targets are located. The Receiver expects to file this notice in an additional six federal districts.

December 30, 2011: The Receiver today filed a motion with the federal court, asking the court to “re-appoint” him as Receiver. This is necessary in order to allow the Receiver to file notices of the receivership in another six federal districts. With these notices, the Receiver will be able to file suit against targets residing in those districts. The Receiver filed a motion, a brief in support, and a declaration signed by the Receiver.

December 29, 2011: The Receiver today filed his Fourth status Report to the Court, summarizing the Receiver’s activities from September 16 to December 15, 2011. The report discusses lawsuits filed, settlements reached, and plans of the Receiver going forward.

December 29, 2011: The Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice is sending electronic letters to possible victims related to criminal charges the government recently filed against Robert Andres and Robert Holloway. The letters include an explanatory letter and a victim impact statement. The Department of Justice also has created specific Web pages that provide updates on the status of the criminal cases. The page for Andres can be accessed at www.justice.gov/criminal/vns/caseup/andresr.html and the page for Holloway at www.justice.gov/criminal/vns/caseup/hollowayr.html.

The victim impact statement is designed to help the Department of Justice gather information for its criminal prosecution. This is different from information the Commodity Futures Trading Commission or the Receiver might need for their work. We apologize that there may be duplication, but all of us have separate roles and will need different variations of the information for different purposes.

The Receiver encourages all investors to assist the Department of Justice by providing the information being requested. Please retain a copy of your victim impact statement and any documents you send to the Department of Justice. At this point, send copies only to the Department of Justice. If the CFTC or the Receiver needs this information later, you will be contacted.

While the Department of Justice letter does not list a deadline for submitting information, the Receiver encourages you to respond by the end of January. The information should be sent to Pamela Washington at the address listed in the letter.

December 23, 2011: The Receiver filed a motion asking the Court to permit him to review files on a Winsome computer that Robert Andres claimed were privileged. The legal memorandum accompanying the motion explains why the Receiver believes the computer files are records of Winsome and should be available to the Receiver.