A Missouri lady has been accused of defrauding Elvis Presley's household out of hundreds of thousands of {dollars} and making an attempt to steal the household's possession of the American singing legend's household house, Graceland.
Lisa Jeanine Findley, who used varied aliases, was arrested for allegedly conspiring to fraudulently promote her Graceland house in Memphis, Tennessee.
Ms. Findley, 53, was charged federally with mail fraud and aggravated identification theft and was anticipated to seem in courtroom on Friday. If convicted, he may withstand 20 years in jail.
The Presley household has not commented publicly on the allegations.
The U.S. Division of Justice says Ms. Findley posed as three totally different individuals with a fictitious personal lender known as Nausani Investments & Non-public Lending LLC (Naussani Investments).
The DOJ accused Elvis Presley's daughter – Lisa Marie Presley, who died in January 2023 – of borrowing $3.8m (£3m) from Nausani Investments, which she mortgaged to Graceland for the mortgage and defaulted on the mortgage.
Ms Findley is reportedly searching for $2.85m ($2.2m GBP) from Presley's household, in keeping with the DOJ.
Among the many fraudulent actions he was accused of, he allegedly fabricated mortgage paperwork, cast the signature of Elvis Presley's daughter and printed a fraudulent foreclosures discover in a Memphis day by day newspaper.
When the Presley household sued Nausani Investments, which sought to dam the sale of Graceland, Ms. Findley additionally allegedly submitted false courtroom filings, the DOJ mentioned.
The bid to promote Graceland drew worldwide consideration earlier this yr after Presley's granddaughter, actress Riley Keok, claimed the mortgage paperwork have been fraudulent. He mentioned that Amma's signature was cast.
Graceland, which has been a public museum honoring Mr. Presley, and Graceland acquired most of Presley's property after his mom, Lisa Marie Presley, died final yr.
He filed authorized motion to cease the deliberate public sale, and a Tennessee choose agreed.
On the time, Graceland and Elvis Presley Enterprises launched a press release to the BBC: “Because the courtroom has now made clear, the claims haven’t any advantage.”
Elvis purchased the Graceland mansion in 1957 and lived there till his dying 20 years later.
Within the early Nineteen Eighties the 14-acre complicated was opened to the general public as a music historical past park. Now formally a Nationwide Historic Landmark, it attracts about 600,000 guests a yr.
Elvis died at Graceland and was buried alongside his mother and father, daughter Lisa Marie Presley and son Benjamin Keefe.
Makes an attempt by the BBC to achieve Ms Findley's lawyer have been unsuccessful.
On Friday, he made a abstract courtroom look and was booked into jail in Greene County, Missouri.