A Missouri female pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a plan to defraud the household of Elvis Presley of countless dollars and take their ownership interest in Presley’s Graceland estate, the United States Department of Justice stated.
The DOJ stated Lisa Jeanine Findley, 53, arranged a plan to perform a deceptive sale of the estate, where Presley is buried, by wrongly declaring that Presley’s child, Lisa Marie, had actually vowed Graceland as security for a loan that she stopped working to pay back before her death in 2023.
Findley, who was implicated of utilizing a phony business, created files and incorrect court filings to perform the plan, threatened to foreclose the residential or commercial property and auction it to the greatest bidder if the Presley household did not pay the claim versus the estate, according to the department.
Lisa Marie’s child, Riley Keough, who acquired the estate after her mom’s death, took legal action against Naussany Investments – the business that Findley utilized in her effort to auction Graceland – stating her mom had actually never ever gotten the loan which Naussany was participated in scams.
Sale obstructed by judge
As an outcome, the sale was obstructed by a judge, which led Naussany to withdraw all claims to the residential or commercial property, which is a popular traveler destination that draws more than 600,000 visitors a year, last Might.
In August, Findley was jailed and charged with identity theft and mail scams, according to charging files.
She confronts twenty years in jail.
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