Asser v. Commonwealth

By Judge Melvin R. Hughes, Jr.

In this case Olivier Asser, a former securities trader, has brought suit against the Virginia Department of Taxation, the Tax Commissioner, the Office of the Attorney General, the Attorney General, a Senior Assistant Attorney General, an Assistant Attorney General, and what is described as “Does 1-10” (collectively the Defendants or the Department), who are alleged to be additional employees of the Department of Taxation. The suit makes claims for (1) malicious prosecution concerning a 1999 income tax assessment, (2) defamation by way of false lien notices to…