WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
DALLAS-United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Ryan Raybould announced that a federal grand jury in Dallas, Texas returned an indictment on Sept. 22, 2026, charging four Texas residents with conspiracy to defraud the United States and other crimes for promoting an illegal tax shelter.
According to the indictment, Texas residents Duncan John MacDonald, Sarah Duren, Richard Ronald Cayce and Thomas Weickgenant promoted and sold a fraudulent trust scheme that was used to shelter more than $1.5 billion of income, causing an estimated tax loss to the IRS of more than $200 million. The ...