A Missouri lady has been federally indicted then an alleged aim to swindle Elvis Presley’s Graceland quality from the Presley people, in step with courtroom paperwork.
Lisa Jeanine Findley, 53, was once indicted in Shelby County, Tennessee, for alleged mail fraud and irritated identification robbery.
Findley claimed Lisa Marie Presley, Elvis’ past due daughter and simplest kid, borrowed $3.8 million from her company referred to as Naussany Investments and Non-public Lending LLC, which government say was once a pretend corporate.
Data allege Findley additionally claimed Presley pledged the Graceland property as collateral with out repaying the debt, to bring about a foreclosures.
Findley additionally stands accused of forging signatures for Lisa Marie Presley and a Florida society notary. The fraudulent mortgage papers hour again to 2018, 5 years prior to Lisa Marie Presley’s demise in 2023, government allege.
Riley Keough is the oldest of Elvis’ grandchildren and has been the only proprietor and trustee of Graceland since her mom’s demise.
“Using a series of aliases, email addresses, and fake documents, Findley engaged in a scheme to defraud Elvis Presley’s family for millions of dollars by threatening to foreclose on the ‘Graceland’ estate owned by Mr. Presley’s family and auction Graceland to the highest bidder as part of a fraudulent non-judicial sale she scheduled for May 23, 2024,” an arrest affidavit states.
Findley allegedly faked to be six other public as a part of Naussany Investments, the use of the aliases Lisa Holden, Lisa Howell, Gregory Naussany, Kurt Naussany, Lisa Jeanine Sullins and Carolyn Williams.
The courtroom paperwork declare Findley additionally despatched falsified paperwork to strengthen the semblance of her company, renting two P.O. farmlands in several states to handover foreclosures papers on Graceland to Shelby County and Riley Keough.
A pass judgement on in Shelby County refused to just accept the foreclosures public sale in Might, which halted the funding corporate’s declare to the quality.
“As a Memphian, I know that Graceland is a national treasure,” U.S. Lawyer Kevin G. Ritz for the Western District of Tennessee informed Motion 5 Information.
“This defendant allegedly used a brazen scheme to try to defraud the Presley family of their interest in this singularly important landmark. Of course, all homeowners deserve to have their property protected from fraud, and the Department of Justice will vigorously prosecute anyone who commits financial crimes or identity theft,” Ritz added.
Findley pleaded no longer responsible to each fees and has a detention listening to scheduled for Sept. 20.
