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               MTNV/MSI reported the following on its Federal tax returns:            
                                                                 Royalties/           
          FYE       Gross          Total          Taxable        Franchise            
          July      Receipts       Income         Income         Payments             
          1986      $ 7,048,767    $3,836,276     $  636,795          --              
          1987      8,880,965      5,884,314      1,308,856      $  888,513           
          1988       11,338,915    7,522,728      1,485,473        489,190            
                                                                 855,023              
          1989       12,714,857    8,401,603      1,815,541      1,400,000            
                                                                 15,728               
          1990       13,413,711    8,526,965      1,636,788      1,400,000            
          12/31 Calendar Year                                                         
          1990      4,290,024      2,696,365      205,292        583,333              
          1991      11,759,972     7,710,400      1,754,155      1,400,000            
          MSI deducted as consulting fees to Eurotor:                                 
          MSI                                  1988          1989                     
          Eurotor                            $232,549       $86,341                   
               Included in the 1987 through 1989 returns were additional              
          deductions for management fees and royalty payments to Manver.              
          The 1988 and 1989 returns also contained deductions for debt                
          guarantees, franchise amortization, and interest including                  
          Original Issue Discount.                                                    
               The taxable income of MTNV/MSI for years ended 1984 through            
          1991 totaled $9,024,857.  The total royalty/franchise payment               
          paid to Manver for that period was $7,031,787.  Of the preroyalty           
          payment profits, 56 percent went to MTNV/MS and 44 percent went             
          to Manver as royalty and franchise payments.                                
               In August and September 1985, J. Russell Hamlin (Hamlin) of            
          C&L Orlando sent two letters to Lesley Gelabert (L. Gelabert),              
          A. Gelabert’s wife, at Inverspan, regarding Inverspan, MTNV, and            



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