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Convicted murderer and ex-attorney Alex Murdaugh facing federal charges of fraud, theft

Convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh is facing federal charges for the first time after being indicted on 22 financial fraud charges over allegations the former attorney schemed to steal settlement money from clients

The Independent UK · May 24, 2023

Feds indict Alex Murdaugh, charge alleged accomplice Cory Fleming in new financial crimes

Federal officials on Wednesday indicted convicted South Carolina killer Alex Murdaugh for a host of financial crimes and, in a separate document, charged an alleged accomplice in a scheme involving the theft of some $4.3 million in insurance proceeds.

Tribune News Service · May 24, 2023

Alex Murdaugh indicted on 22 new financial fraud charges for stealing money from dead housekeeper’s family

Gloria Satterfield died in a ‘trip and fall’ at the Murdaugh family home in 2018

The Independent UK · May 24, 2023

Alex Murdaugh was $4.2 million in debt, overdrawn at bank, CEO testifies at murder trial

WALTERBORO, S.C. — Jurors in Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial got a late start Friday, as Judge Clifton Newman considered whether testimony about Murdaugh’s alleged financial crimes should be heard by the jury.

Tribune News Service · Feb 3, 2023

Alex Murdaugh defense ‘opened door’ to jury hearing about alleged financial crimes, South Carolina judge says

WALTERBORO, S.C. — Alex Murdaugh’s defense team has inadvertently opened the door for prosecutors to argue Murdaugh’s alleged financial crimes motivated him to kill his wife and son.

Tribune News Service · Feb 3, 2023

Once prominent South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh indicted on tax evasion charges ahead of murder trial

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Alex Murdaugh, who earned millions of dollars from his Hampton law practice over a nine-year period and at the same time stole millions more from his firm and clients, has been indicted on tax evasion, the South Carolina attorney general’s office announced Friday.

Tribune News Service · Dec 17, 2022

‘Perfect storm’ of debts and looming exposure drove Murdaugh to kill, South Carolina prosecutors say

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A “perfect storm” of debts, drug abuse and the looming exposure of his numerous alleged financial crimes is what pushed a seemingly respectable Alex Murdaugh to kill his wife and son, according to a Thursday filing by the South Carolina Attorney General’s office.

Tribune News Service · Dec 8, 2022

Banker for Alex Murdaugh convicted of bank fraud charges

A banker charged with helping disbarred attorney Alex Murdaugh take money from the legal settlements of clients has been found guilty of wire and bank fraud charges in South Carolina

The Independent UK · Nov 23, 2022

Ex-South Carolina banker Russell Laffitte found guilty in fraud trial that put Murdaugh in spotlight

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Former South Carolina bank CEO Russell Laffitte was found guilty Tuesday night on all six counts of conspiracy, bank and wire fraud and misapplication of bank funds, ending a three-week trial that also put disgraced attorney and accused murderer Alex Murdaugh in the spotlight.

Tribune News Service · Nov 23, 2022

In closing argument, prosecutor insists ‘absolute power’ corrupted former South Carolina banker Russell Laffitte

CHARLESTON, S.C. — In her closing argument of former South Carolina banker Russell Laffitte’s federal bank fraud trial Monday, prosecutor Emily Limehouse said, “Absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

Tribune News Service · Nov 21, 2022