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A recent story about an Overland Park man who got extorted for $3 million offers a cautionary tale about how easy it is even for a savvy business owner to find real trouble by making several poor decisions and falling in with the wrong crowd.
Richard Winders amassed a nice fortune co-founding several fireworks companies in Prairie Village and buying a couple of Applebee’s restaurants in San Francisco. By all appearances, he was living the American dream. But all it took were several poor decisions…