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Mr. Morgason later issued additional summonses to Lebanon
Citizens National Bank, and petitioners on February 11, 2000,
responded by filing a petition to quash with the U.S. District
Court for the Southern District of Ohio. The Government filed a
motion to dismiss the petition to quash, and the District Court
granted the motion on July 20, 2000. Meanwhile, after reviewing
the information received to date, Mr. Morgason in the spring of
2000 referred petitioners’ case to the IRS Criminal Investigation
Division. Work on the civil case, other than an unsuccessful
attempt to solicit from petitioners an extension of the statute
of limitations, ceased.
At some point between late 1999 and early 2001,
Mr. Richardson was contacted by Missy Vaselaney, an Ohio attorney
specializing in tax and estate matters.8 Ms. Vaselaney had
become aware of the Aegis trust plan through communications with
State Farm Insurance agents. (Ms. Vaselaney’s husband was
apparently an attorney who did work with State Farm.)
Ms. Vaselaney expressed to Mr. Richardson some concerns about the
legality of the Aegis system and suggested that he cooperate with
her in working with the IRS. Mr. Richardson declined. In the
words of one State Farm agent and former client of
Mr. Richardson, Todd Young (Mr. Young), Ms. Vaselaney assisted a
8 Mr. Richardson first testified that this contact occurred
in late 1999 but later testified that the conversation took place
between the middle part of February and the middle part of March
in 2001.
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