Single object imported from Illustrator broken down into Graphic Frames

Whenever I try to copy and paste a gradient layer from frmo Illustrator, it appears correct- but is broken down into 4 uneven 'graphic fames' - when I resize, it gets allmessed up..

Bob, pulling in the gradient from Illy isn't working for me. I'm using ID 5.5 for Windows. I'm trying to paste in a button and it comes in as pieces and I cannot resize it properly (the gradient goes whacko). I tried just doing a simple box with a gradient so I could recreate the button, but the swatch does not appear in the panel. I tried changing the preferences and that just made it come in as a bitmap instead of a vector. What am I doing wrong?

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