Missouri woman pleads guilty of federal accusation in plot to sell Graceland

Memphis, Tenn. -A woman from Missouri said on Tuesday that he was pleading guilty for a federal accusation who has accused of having a mischievous plot to deceive the family of Elvis Presley, trying to auction the Graceland Mansion and Property in front of a judge. stopped the mysterious selling of closing.

During a pleading hearing change, Lisa Jeanine Findley told a federal judge in Memphis that she will be guilty for a Fraud fee by mail related to the scheme. She has previously pleaded that she is not guilty for the two -accounting indictment, which also includes a number of aggravated identity thefts.

Findley will be sentenced to a later date.

Findley, from Kimberling City has falsely claimed that Presley’s daughter borrowed $ 3.8 million from a fake private creditor and promised Graceland as a loan warranty Her death in January 2023Prosecutors said that when it was accused in August 2024. He then threatened to sell Graceland to the largest bidder if Presley’s family did not pay a settlement of $ 2.85 million, according to authorities.

Findley posed that three different people, alleged involved with the fake creditor, made loan documents and published a fraudulent notification in a newspaper in Memphis announcing Graceland’s tender in May 2024, prosecutors said. A judge stopped selling after Presley’s granddaughter sued.

Experts were disappointed By trying to sell one of the most stored real estate in the country using names, e -mwarns and documents that were quickly suspected of being false.

Graceland opened itself as a museum and tourist attraction in 1982 and attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors every year. A large entertainment complex with Presley theme, across the street, from the museum, is owned by Elvis Presley Enterprises. Presley died in August 1977, at 42.

In May, a public notification for a selling to close the workforce of 13 acres (5 hectares) said that Promenade Trust, which controls the Graceland Museum, owes $ 3.8 million after not repaying a loan from 2018. Riley KeoughPresley’s niece and an actor, inherited the confidence and property of the house after his mother’s death, Lisa Marie Presley.

Keough has submitted a process requesting fraud, and a judge stopped the auction proposed with a court decision. Naussany Investments and private loans – False creditor authorities say Findley created – said Lisa Marie Presley used Graceland as a loan guarantee, according to the notification of selling closure. Keough’s trial claimed that Naussany presented fraudulent documents in September 2023 and that Lisa Marie Presley never borrowed money from Naussany.

Kimberly Philbrick, the notary whose name is listed on Naussany’s documents, indicated that he never met Lisa Marie Presley, nor did he notar any document for her, according to the estate process. The judge said that the notary’s statement puts into question the “authenticity of the signature”.

The judge stopped the sale of the exclusion of the beloved tourist attraction Memphis, saying that Elvis Presley’s estate could be successful to claim that trying a Graceland auction company was fraudulent.

Tennessee’s General Prosecutor’s Office He had investigated Graceland controversy, then confirmed in June that he handed over the probe to the federal authorities.

A statement sent by E -Email to Associated Press after the judge stopped the sale said that Naussany will not continue, because a key document in question and the loan was registered and obtained in a different state, which means that “the legal action should be deposited in several states. “The statement, sent from an E -mail address listed in the judicial documents, did not specify the other state.

After the scheme broke down, Findley tried to make it seem that the responsible person was a Nigerian identity thief, prosecutors said. An E -mail sent on May 25 to the same e -mail as the previous statement said in Spanish that the closing selling attempt was made by a Nigerian fraud ring targeting the old and dead people and uses the Internet for to steal money.