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corresponding amount of employee benefit programs expense. Mr.
Sears believed it was unnecessary to reimburse Ms. McCabe because
“The money [to pay the medical bills] was coming from the same
place.” He described this practice as a “Poor job of accounting,
maybe.”
On October 25, 2000, a Kansas State court entered a
Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) against RTP, its founder, and
other related parties, enjoining them from marketing products and
services to new customers and imposing restrictions on their
business activities with existing customers. The court found
that RTP and the other defendants “committed numerous acts which
are deceptive and unconscionable acts and practices” in violation
of the Kansas Consumer Protection Act, sec. 50-683 (1994). The
court later permanently enjoined the defendants from conducting
any business activity in or from the State of Kansas.
Petitioners continued to use the RTP system and purchase the
platinum service after learning of the TRO, but they did not
attempt to recruit new downline distributors. Petitioners
believed that RTP was a legitimate business, although Mr. Sears
acknowledged “there were some things going on that were not good
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