I understand that the distancing of LMC and the MSCC was on the advice of the accountants due to record-keeping that left the MSCC and its directors with a potential huge fiscal and legal liability.

If this was the case, however 'nice' an individual is, ignoring the advice of a certified professional would leave the directors and the MSCC as a legal entity with a huge corporate and personal liability.

It was probably the directors niavity and what they inherited over time that allowed the situation to get to that level.

As a director, one's behaviour is governed by law and law alone.