Missouri woman pleads guilty in brazen plot to sell Graceland
A Missouri woman pleaded guilty to federal charges Tuesday, accusing her of Make a rough plot Trying to auction his family to trick Elvis Presley’s family Graceland Mansion and Property Before the judge stopped the mysterious foreclosure sale.
During a hearing before a Memphis federal judge, Lisa Jeanine Findley pleaded guilty to the allegations of mail fraud related to the program. She previously pleaded not guilty to two charges, which also included one serious crime of identity theft, and will now be removed.
When the judge asked Findlay if he admitted guilt and was responsible, she said “yes.” Findley will be sentenced on June 19. If convicted, she will face up to 20 years, but she is expected to receive a fewer than under the plea agreement.
Findley of Kimberlin falsely claims Presley’s daughter Lisa Marie Presley Before her death in January 2023the prosecutor accused her of being Prosecuted in August 2024. Then, if Presley’s family didn’t pay a $2.85 million settlement, she threatened to sell Graceland to the highest bidder.
Prosecutors said Findley was suspected of being involved in forging lenders, manufacturing loan documents, and published a fraudulent foreclosure notice in a newspaper in Memphis, allegedly involving three different people, and Graceland was announced in May 2024. The judge is Presley’s granddaughter Riley Keough sued.
Experts were confused by the attempts to use names, emails and documents to be quickly suspected of being fake.
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In May, a public notice of the 13-acre estate said the estate controls the Promenade Trust of the Graceland Museum, which the trust owed $3.8 million after failing to repay its 2018 loan. After the death of his mother, Lisa Marie Presley, Keel inherited the trust and ownership of the house.
Kuf filed a lawsuit claiming fraud and the judge stopped the proposed auction with an injunction. Naussany’s investments and private loans – Forged lenders say Findley said Lisa Marie Presley used Graceland as Collateral for the loan. Keefe’s lawsuit alleges that Nassany filed fraudulent documents regarding the loan in September 2023 and Lisa Marie Presley never borrowed money from Naussany.
According to the estate’s lawsuit, Kimberly Philbrick’s name is listed on Naussany’s documents, indicating that she has never met Lisa Marie Presley), nor did she provide any documents. The judge said the notary’s affidavit raised questions about the “authenticity of the signature.”
Judge stops selling foreclosure Beloved Memphis tourist attractionsElvis Presley’s property may successfully argue that the company’s attempt to auction Graceland was fraudulent, said.
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Elvis purchased Graceland in 1957 and died in 1977, and about five years later, the mansion was opened to the public as a museum and tourist attraction. Thousands of visitors visit the 17,552 square foot mansion every year, which was named the National Historic List in 1991. Visitors can then stop in the large Presley themed entertainment complex across the street.
Elvis and other members of the Presley family, including Lisa Marie Presley and her sonBenjamin Keough died of suicide in 2020 and was buried in the reason for his mansion.
Keough, who starred in the TV series Interviews in 2024 CBS has news that she plans to continue to run her beloved property and keep the mansion in her family. Cuff and her husband Ben Smith-Peterson have one Daughter Tupelo, Who is Elvis’ first great-grandson?
“I think my intuition about everything is always what my mother wants. That’s making it a home,” Kuf told CBS News last year. “That’s the home of our family.”