US~Observer Uncovers New Evidence in Quiel Divorce Case

Scottsdale, AZ -The US~Observer has uncovered two retainer agreements between the “Law Offices of Chris Rusch, APC” and “Lynn-Cole Capital Corporation as its tax and business counsel.”

The contracts are signed by Christopher Rusch and Victoria Quiel and are dated August 8, 2006 and September 18, 2006. The August 8th retainer agreement from Rusch states, “At your request, we have agreed to advise and represent you as counsel in the following respects: Corporate tax and business planning, to include international trade and general corporate services.” The purpose of the September 18th agreement was for “International business planning, to include international joint ventures in Europe and general corporate services.”

We have also uncovered numerous other Lynn-Cole Capital business documents signed by Victoria Quiel.

Read on to see how Victoria Quiel received “Innocent Spouse Relief” in the government’s lawsuit against the Quiel’s to collect a civil penalty that was leveled against them by the Internal Revenue Service after Michael Quiel was falsely convicted of filing a false tax return. This begs the question: Why didn’t the government charge Victoria Quiel when they prosecuted Michael Quiel and his partner Stephen Kerr given that Mrs. Quiel owned Lynn-Cole Capital and she signed all of their joint tax returns as well being the only signatory on Lynn-Cole Capital’s tax returns. How is this for insanity – Michael Quiel gets convicted while his wife who owned the company exclusively and signed the tax returns exclusively is untouched!

Here is some more insanity – Victoria Quiel, representing Lynn-Cole, is currently refusing to pay for Michael Quiel’s legal costs. A hearing is scheduled for August 17, 2023, to obtain a court ruling forcing Lynn-Cole, owned exclusively by Victoria Quiel, to pay. What a wife…

The answer to all this insanity is obvious – In the original criminal case Michael acted as a shield in protecting Victoria Quiel from prosecution.

Michael Quiel

Michael Quiel Continues Fight for Innocence

“You’ve got to fight them, Mike. I believe in you!” Those were Colonel John Lee’s last words, said to his son-in-law, Michael Quiel, regarding now proven to be false criminal charges Mike was facing. Colonel Lee knew Mike had to fight for his innocence, no matter what – that it was the only way for an innocent man to behave. According to Mike, his wife and Colonel Lee’s daughter, Victoria, had agreed with them both, that fighting was the right thing to do.

Now, over eleven years later, Mike is making good on his pledge to keep up the fight by filing a massive $135,000,000 civil lawsuit against the IRS, IRS agent Cheryl Bradley, Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Monica Edelstein (who is now a sitting judge in Arizona), AUSA Timothy Stockwell, Michael Quiel’s former tax attorney and legal advisor, Christopher Rusch (now known as Christian Reeves) and others known or unknown.

Ex-Wife Now Lying in Court

Victoria Quiel

Unfortunately for Mike, Victoria has tapped out of the fight and their relationship, saying under oath in their divorce proceedings that she originally had wanted to settle with the IRS and not fight. This statement of hers is a direct contradiction to the statement quoted from Colonel John Lee from Michael Quiel’s book “Rigged”.

The suit filed in the United States District Court, District of Arizona on December 25, 2022, alleges Malicious Prosecution, Abuse of Process, Tortious Interference and RICO. It lays out evidence of collusion between government actors and Michael and Victoria’s attorney, Rusch/Reeves, all in an effort to convict Mike and his business partner for crimes that Rusch/Reeves was solely guilty of committing. It proves that prosecutors and Rusch/Reeves conspired to create testimony that would be used to convict Mike and his partner. The racketeering was done in an effort to adhere to the government’s agenda of prosecuting American’s who were using foreign banks as tax shelters, with, or in this case, without factual guilt.

The biggest evidence of Michael Quiel’s innocence was a $500,000.00 overpayment of tax refund check paid to Michael and Victoria by the IRS while he was being prosecuted for “trying to get out of paying taxes.” The jury rightly found Mike not guilty of conspiracy, and not guilty of FBAR violations, however, they wrongly found Mike guilty of filing false tax returns – keep in mind, Rusch/Reeves represented Michael and Victoria as their tax attorney, and they closely followed all of his advice.

It cost Michael his freedom for over ten months in prison and Michael and Victoria countless dollars fighting for his innocence prior to and since. Victoria’s prosecution was avoided as Mike acted as her shield. Michael worked for years and was finally able to get Victoria innocent spousal relief just months ago. Once Victoria’s spousal relief was in place she planned and then initiated divorce proceedings to end her marriage with Michael. Victoria has obviously opened herself up to great civil liability with the IRS as the civil end of their fight over taxes is still ongoing.

The US~Observer has extensively investigated Michael Quiel’s wrongful conviction, as well as Rusch/Reeves’ continued financial scams. We will continue to fight on behalf of Michael Quiel’s pursuit of vindication.

Michael Quiel deserves to have his day in court, and for the facts to be justly weighed.

Editor’s Note: Anyone with information on wrongdoing on the part of anyone named in this article is urged to contact the US~Observer at 541-474-7885 or by email to editor@usobserver.com.