Missouri – A woman from Kimberling City in Stone County, Missouri, was arrested on federal charges after she tried to steal and defraud Elvis Presley’s family of millions of dollars and their ownership of Graceland.
According to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice, 53-year-old Lisa Jeanine Findley was charged with mail fraud and aggravated identity theft. Court documents state that Findly used several aliases to pose as three different people from a false private lender named Naussany Investments & Private Lending, LLC. Findley falsely claimed that Elvis Presley’s daughter had borrowed $3.8 million in 2018 from the bogus company, using Graceland as collateral for the loan, and had failed to repay the debt.
To settle the claim, Findley allegedly asked for $2.85 million from Presley’s family. She also allegedly fabricated several documents, including:
- Loan documents with the forged signatures of Elvis Presley’s daughter and a Florida State notary public
- A creditor’s claim with the Superior Court of California in Los Angeles
- A deed of trust with the Shelby County Register’s Office in Memphis
She then published a phony foreclosure notice in one of Memphis’s daily newspapers, announcing the auction of Graceland to the highest bidder. When Presley’s family sued the fake company to stop the sale, Findley filed fake court documents. After this attracted the media, Findley allegedly wrote to the Presley family’s representatives, the Tennessee state court, and the media to falsely claim that a Nigerian identity thief was responsible for the scheme.
She now faces a mandatory minimum sentence of two years in prison for aggravated identity theft and a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison for mail fraud.
