
According to the Justice Department, a woman from Missouri has been arrested for allegedly attempting to defraud Elvis Presley's family by trying to auction off his Graceland property. Lisa Jeanine Findley, 53, from Kimberling City, Missouri, is accused of falsely claiming that Presley's daughter borrowed $3.8 million from a fraudulent private lender and used Graceland as collateral. Findley impersonated three individuals connected to the fake lender, forged loan documents, demanded $2.85 million from Presley's family to resolve the matter, and published a fake foreclosure notice in a Memphis newspaper announcing the auction of Graceland. Graceland, a popular tourist attraction since 1982, attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors annually. The alleged scheme coincided with the 47th anniversary of Presley's death. Authorities expressed disbelief at the audacity of attempting to sell Graceland using fake identities and documents. Findley's attorney was not listed in court documents, and attempts to reach her by phone and email were unsuccessful.In May, a public notice announced a foreclosure sale of the 13-acre estate linked to the Graceland museum. The Promenade Trust, responsible for Graceland, owed $3.8 million due to a 2018 loan default. Riley Keough, granddaughter of Elvis Presley and an actress, inherited ownership of the property after her mother Lisa Marie Presley passed away last year. Keough filed a lawsuit alleging fraud, leading a judge to stop the proposed auction. Naussany Investments and Private Lending claimed Lisa Marie Presley had used Graceland as loan collateral. However, Keough's lawsuit argued that Naussany submitted false loan documents in September 2023, asserting that Lisa Marie Presley never borrowed from Naussany. The notary, Kimberly Philbrick, whose name appeared on Naussany's documents, stated she had not met Lisa Marie Presley or notarized any of her documents, raising doubts about the document's validity. The judge inferred that the notary's affidavit called the signature's authenticity into question. In May, the judge prevented the foreclosure sale of the popular tourist site, Graceland, indicating potential fraud by the company attempting to auction it off. The Tennessee attorney general had been investigating the controversy and later passed it on to federal authorities in June. Naussany announced it would not proceed with legal action due to a key document being recorded in a different state, necessitating legal actions in multiple states. An email received on May 25 from the same address mentioned that a Nigerian fraud group supposedly targeting elderly and deceased individuals had initiated the foreclosure sale attempt.He steals money online from the U.S. using the Internet.