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HOW MUCH TROUBLE CAN YOU GET INTO IN JAIL?

June 13, 2007

You'd think that once behind bars, one's life would assume a stark simplicity. Imprisoned tax evader Tom Mower shows that it isn't necessarily so:

SPRINGVILLE — An injunction has been issued against the former owner of Neways International, who is accused of using inside information to help his family launch two competing multilevel marketing companies.

The May 25 injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Bruce S. Jenkins prohibits Thomas Mower Sr., Neways' former owner, and his two sons, Thomas Mower Jr. and Darick Mower, from using the company's product formulas, distributor lists and vendor lists to advance their new businesses, Sisel International LLC and SupraNaturals LLC.

Jenkins also ordered the Mowers to return any record of such information, including computer discs, to Neways, a cosmetics and health-supplement company that does business in more than two dozen countries.

Mr. Mower and his ex-wife received prison sentences for hiding earnings from Neways, a multi-level marketing firm they controlled. After the sentencing the Mowers sold their company. The buyer now accuses Mr. Mower and two sons of setting up a new business with the formulas and customer lists they sold.

The Moral? Off the streets doesn't always mean out of trouble.

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