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Raniere (NXIVM) was an intelligent man who ran a business named Consumers Buyline. It was a marketing program whose central idea revolved around paying lots of money to people who’d been active members of the community as a result of bringing in more people. However, problems began because Raniere performed illicit sexual acts, and forcing women in a secret group within the cult to be sex slaves.