NC bride says FBI contacted her and is wanting into the Holly Christina Photography case

There are new developments within the ABC11 Troubleshooter investigation into Holly Christina Photography, the Raleigh-area marriage ceremony pictures firm accused of taking hundreds of {dollars} from {couples} and failing to offer promised companies.

A buyer of Holly Christina Photography tells Troubleshooter Diane Wilson that the FBI contacted her and an agent advised her the company is wanting into the case to find out whether or not a federal crime was dedicated. The FBI declined to remark.

Meanwhile, a choose is contemplating whether or not to grant a default judgment towards Holly Christina Photography and its house owners, Holly Scott Ayscue and Christopher Owen Ayscue, within the civil lawsuit introduced by North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson.

The Attorney General’s Office is asking for practically $600,000 in restitution for customers and greater than $1.1 million in civil penalties, practically $1.7 million mixed. The state can also be asking the court docket to require the corporate to show over photographs and movies that prospects paid for however haven’t obtained.

The newest court docket submitting alleges the Ayscues failed to completely adjust to an earlier court docket order requiring them to offer prospects with their undelivered photographs and movies. According to the Attorney General’s Office, it has now obtained 228 shopper complaints. The state says 142 of these customers haven’t been refunded and are owed practically $600,000. The Attorney General’s lawsuit was filed in February after Wilson’s investigation introduced dozens of complaints to mild.

The developments come as Holly and Christopher Ayscue face felony prices of acquiring property by false pretenses.

The prices stem from the case of Morgan Bales and her husband, who say they paid Holly Christina Photography greater than $5,600 to {photograph} and doc their marriage ceremony.

According to arrest warrants, the corporate closed earlier than the marriage, didn’t present the contracted companies, and didn’t refund their cash. The Ayscues appeared in court docket in August and later spoke publicly with Wilson. Holly Ayscue advised Wilson, “I have done everything in my power to fulfill what I can. It has been very difficult in our family.”

Christopher Ayscue stated, “We are working our hardest to fix everything the fastest we can.” Holly Ayscue additionally stated she had been hospitalized twice and {that a} medical sickness contributed to the enterprise failing.

Wilson reached out to Holly Christina Photography and its house owners for touch upon the most recent developments. We haven’t heard again.