
According to an announcement from the Justice Department on Friday, a woman from Missouri has been arrested for allegedly planning to defraud Elvis Presley's family by attempting to auction off his Graceland estate and assets. Lisa Jeanine Findley, 53, from Kimberling City, Missouri, is accused of falsely claiming that Presley's daughter obtained a $3.8 million loan from a fake private lender and used Graceland as collateral. She purportedly disguised herself as three different individuals associated with the fictitious lender, forged loan papers, tried to extort $2.85 million from Presley's family to resolve the issue, and placed a false foreclosure notice in a Memphis newspaper declaring that Graceland would be sold to the highest bidder. Graceland, which became a museum and popular tourist destination in 1982, attracts numerous visitors annually. The adjacent Elvis-themed entertainment complex is owned by Elvis Presley Enterprises. These charges were announced on the 47th anniversary of Presley's death at the age of 42. Eric Shen, leader of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service Criminal Investigations Group, condemned the alleged actions, stating that the suspect exploited the Presley family for her own gain. Findley, who used multiple aliases, did not have a listed attorney in court documents. Attempts to reach her via phone and email were unsuccessful. Experts were puzzled by the audacious attempt to sell a prominent property like Graceland using false identities and documents.In May, a public notice announced a foreclosure sale of the 13-acre estate where the Graceland museum is located. The notice stated that Promenade Trust, which manages the estate, owes $3.8 million from a 2018 loan that was not repaid. Riley Keough, who is both an actor and the granddaughter of Presley, inherited the trust and ownership of the property following the passing of her mother, Lisa Marie Presley, the previous year. Keough filed a lawsuit alleging fraud, resulting in a court injunction to stop the planned auction. Naussany Investments and Private Lending claimed that Lisa Marie Presley had used Graceland as collateral for the loan, as detailed in the foreclosure notice. Keough's lawsuit contended that Naussany had produced false documents pertaining to the loan in September 2023 and that Lisa Marie Presley had never borrowed money from the company. The notary listed on Naussany's documents, Kimberly Philbrick, stated that she had never met Lisa Marie Presley nor notarized any documents for her, as revealed in the estate's legal action. Judge Jenkins raised concerns about the legitimacy of the signature in light of the notary's affidavit. In May, a judge intervened to halt the foreclosure sale of the iconic Memphis tourist destination, Graceland, suggesting that Elvis Presley's estate might have a case to argue that the attempted auction by a certain company was fraudulent. The Tennessee attorney general's office, which was investigating the Graceland situation, later handed the case over to federal authorities in June. Naussany announced via a statement to The Associated Press that they would not proceed with the sale due to a key document and the loan being recorded in a different state, necessitating legal action to be taken in multiple states. While the statement did not specify the other state, an email sent to the AP on May 25 from the same address suggested that the foreclosure sale was orchestrated by a Nigerian scam network targeting elderly and deceased individuals.He steals money in the U.S. by using the Internet.