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children received at least $18,000 and Ballard's children
received at least $12,000.
Petitioners claim that Thomas Lisle and Melinda Ballard were
paid the consulting fees for various services they provided to
KWJ Corp. or KWJ Co. (KWJ). During the timeframe that Thomas
Lisle was receiving $1,000 a month, he was employed elsewhere
full time. During part of this time, Thomas Lisle was employed
with the Vantage Company (Eulich's company).
Melinda Ballard received $1,000 a month from KWJ from 1983
through parts of 1989. She did not know the nature of KWJ's
business. Neither Thomas Lisle nor Melinda Ballard ever met or
spoke to Freeman.
Karen Ballard Hart (Hart) also received $1,000 a month.
During the time that Hart was receiving $1,000 a month from KWJ,
she was employed elsewhere.
Hart testified that the "service" she performed was to
attend Urban Land Institute and Hotel Industry meetings. After
she attended these meetings, she would sometimes tell Kanter what
she had heard at the meetings, and sometimes she would not tell
him what she had heard. Half of the time, Kanter was at the same
meetings she attended. Hart described her role as "more of a
general hotel industry trend thing" that she would tell Kanter
about whenever she was asked. She did not know that she
supposedly worked for KWJ. The $1,000 a month that Hart received
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