Girl will get greater than 4 years for making an attempt to defraud Elvis Presley’s household

A lady was sentenced to greater than 4 years in jail for a brazen scheme to conduct a fraudulent sale of Graceland, the famed property of Elvis Presley.

Lisa Jeanine Findley of Missouri pleaded responsible to felony mail fraud in February, after prosecutors accused her of utilizing a faux firm, falsified courtroom filings, a fabricated mortgage, and the solid signature of Presley’s late daughter to pry the property away from the singer’s household.

The decide known as it a “wild scheme” and “highly sophisticated”, as she tried to defraud the Presley household.

Graceland, the rock legend’s dwelling of 20 years earlier than his demise in 1977, is a monument to his musical profession and legacy, welcoming a half million guests every year.

The 120-acre property occupies a near-mythical place in American widespread tradition and bears the excellence of National Historic Landmark. Visitors can view Presley’s assortment of bedazzled costumes and basic automobiles, in addition to reveals and occasions celebrating his work.

After Lisa Marie Presley, the singer’s daughter and solely youngster, died in 2023, her daughter, Riley Keough, inherited Graceland.

However, in 2024, a mysterious firm known as Naussany Investments claimed that earlier than her demise, Ms Presley took out a $3.8m (£3m) mortgage utilizing Graceland as collateral, then didn’t pay.

Prosecutors say that firm was truly a fabrication.

Findley, 54, used a number of aliases to pose because the bogus lender, and threatened to foreclose on Graceland and public sale the compound – until the Presley household settled the declare for $2.85m.

They alleged Findley went as far as to file a faux creditor’s declare in California, submit false mortgage paperwork in Tennessee, and publish a foreclosures sale discover in a neighborhood newspaper.

Elvis Presley Enterprises, which runs Graceland, mentioned on the time that no such mortgage existed. Ms Keough, an actress, took legal action to halt the auction.

A decide later stopped the sale.

According to Findley’s indictment, when the case made nationwide headlines, she falsely claimed to Ms Keough’s attorneys {that a} Nigerian identification thief had perpetrated the scheme.

Federal authorities arrested Findley in August 2024 and later charged her with mail fraud and aggravated establish theft. Pleading responsible to mail fraud in February, she instructed the decide she accepted accountability for her actions.