WASHINGTON: A Missouri lady was arrested on Friday (Aug 16) for an alleged “brazen scheme” to steal possession of Graceland, the historic dwelling of Elvis Presley, from the household of the King of Rock and Roll, the US Justice Division stated.
Lisa Jeanine Findley, 53, faces federal mail fraud and identification theft expenses and will face a most penalty of greater than 20 years in jail.
“The defendant orchestrated a scheme to conduct a fraudulent sale of Graceland, falsely claiming that Elvis Presley’s daughter had pledged the historic landmark as collateral for a mortgage that she didn’t repay earlier than her loss of life,” Nicole Argentieri, head of the US Justice Division’s prison division, stated in an announcement.
“As a part of the brazen scheme, we allege that the defendant created quite a few false paperwork and sought to extort a settlement from the Presley household,” Argentieri stated.
In keeping with court docket paperwork, Findley claimed that Lisa Marie Presley, Elvis’ solely baby, who died in January 2023, had borrowed US$3.8 million in 2018 from an organization known as Naussany Investments, pledging Graceland as collateral for the mortgage, and didn’t repay the debt.
“Findley allegedly fabricated mortgage paperwork on which Findley solid the signatures of Elvis Presley’s daughter and a Florida State notary public,” the US Justice Division stated.
A foreclosures sale of Graceland had been scheduled to be held in Could, however a Tennessee choose blocked the public sale of the Memphis property on the final minute after Elvis Presley’s granddaughter, actress Riley Keough, filed a lawsuit alleging the mortgage paperwork had been forgeries.
