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Hillsb<strong>or</strong>ough, Illinois. Paramount Insurance Company<br />

was owned by the Heritage Investment Company. The<br />

sole stockholder of the Heritage Investment Company<br />

was Talmadge Rauhoff. Mr. Rauhoff had come to our<br />

<strong>at</strong>tention previo<strong>us</strong>ly when he was convicted of making<br />

kickbacks to Secretary of St<strong>at</strong>e Paul Powell on a<br />

license pl<strong>at</strong>e scandal in the l<strong>at</strong>e '60s.<br />

MR. RYAN: Why do <strong>you</strong> think Mr. Cantazaro<br />

wanted to obta1n an insurance company and why did he<br />

think he was going to make m<strong>or</strong>e money if he had one?<br />

MR. WALSH: With an insurance company, pre­<br />

miums th<strong>at</strong> were paid to the insurance company, if over<br />

and above the cost of oper<strong>at</strong>ing the dental plan would<br />

remain with the insurance company, are not protected by<br />

the ERISA laws and would not <strong>have</strong> been refunded to the<br />

Central St<strong>at</strong>es Joint Board Health And Wolfare Tr<strong>us</strong>t<br />

Fund.<br />

MR. RYAN: F<strong>or</strong> example, the $600,000<br />

th<strong>at</strong> Dr. Aiossa returned to the Fund, th<strong>at</strong> wouldn't <strong>have</strong><br />

to be returned if <strong>you</strong> owned <strong>you</strong>r own insurance company?<br />

company?<br />

MR. WALSH: Th<strong>at</strong> is c<strong>or</strong>r8ct, sir.<br />

MR. RYAN: When did he actually purchase the<br />

MR. WALSH: The agreement was struck in Aug<strong>us</strong>t<br />

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