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ANB accounts. Those transfers were made to comply with the TRO
that Northwest had obtained against petitioner, which mandated
that petitioner produce information on the whereabouts of ticket
sales proceeds and that those proceeds be transferred into
accounts over which Northwest and/or the court exercised control.
Indeed, the record in this case amply demonstrates that the
court’s granting of a TRO against petitioner was insufficient to
cause him to identify all ticket sale assets and transfer them to
trust accounts. Although an initial $445,596 was transferred to
ANB No. 1 on June 24, 1988, 1 day after the granting of the TRO,
the correspondence between petitioner’s and Northwest’s attorneys
shows that the struggle to force petitioner to provide
information regarding assets continued for several months
thereafter. On July 1, Northwest’s attorney wrote petitioner’s
attorney (i) advising that the “sparse” documentation provided by
petitioner had enabled Northwest to unearth six additional
accounts; (ii) complaining of petitioner’s “pattern” of
withholding financial and account information to which Northwest
claimed entitlement under the TRO; and (iii) threatening to seek
court supervision if petitioner’s pattern continued. The
remaining transfers to the ANB accounts (Nos. 3 and 4) occurred
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