The Justice Department stated on Friday that a woman from Missouri was arrested for allegedly planning a scheme to defraud Elvis Presley's family by attempting to auction off his Graceland mansion and property. The foreclosure sale was stopped by a judge before it could take place. Lisa Jeanine Findley, aged 53 from Kimberling City, Missouri, is accused of falsely claiming that Presley's daughter had borrowed $3.8 million from a fake private lender and used Graceland as collateral for the loan. She pretended to be three different individuals connected to the imaginary lender, forged loan documents, demanded $2.85 million from Presley's family to settle the alleged debt, and placed a fake foreclosure notice in a Memphis newspaper announcing the auction of Graceland to the highest bidder. Graceland, which began operating as a museum and tourist destination in 1982, attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors annually. Across from the museum is a large entertainment complex owned by Elvis Presley Enterprises. The charges were announced on the 47th anniversary of Presley's death at the age of 42. Eric Shen, the inspector in charge of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service Criminal Investigations Group, criticized Findley for taking advantage of the public and tragic events in the Presley family to exploit the name and financial situation of the Graceland heirs. Findley, who utilized various aliases, did not have an attorney listed in court documents. Calls and emails attempting to reach her were unsuccessful. Experts were surprised by the audacity of the attempt to auction one of the most famous real estate properties in the nation using names, emails, and documents that were quickly identified as fake.In May, a notice was publicly issued about a foreclosure sale of the 13-acre property where the Graceland museum is located. The sale was prompted by Promenade Trust's outstanding debt of $3.8 million from a loan taken in 2018, which they failed to repay. Following the passing of Lisa Marie Presley last year, ownership of the estate and trust was inherited by Riley Keough, Presley's granddaughter and an actress. Keough filed a lawsuit alleging fraud, leading to a judge issuing an injunction to stop the planned auction. The foreclosure notice revealed that Naussany Investments and Private Lending claimed Lisa Marie Presley had used Graceland as collateral for the loan. Keough's lawsuit disputed this, stating that Naussany had produced fraudulent loan documents in September 2023 and that Lisa Marie Presley had not borrowed any money from them. The lawsuit also noted that the notary named in Naussany's documents, Kimberly Philbrick, denied ever meeting Lisa Marie Presley or notarizing any documents for her, casting doubt on the authenticity of the paperwork. In a ruling in May, Judge Jenkins intervened to prevent the foreclosure sale of Graceland, indicating potential fraudulent practices by the company attempting the auction. The Tennessee attorney general's office had been looking into the matter, later passing it to federal authorities in June. Naussany announced in a statement that they would not proceed with the sale as the key document and loan were filed and acquired in a different state, necessitating legal action in multiple states. The statement did not specify the other state. An email, purportedly from the same source, alleged in Spanish that the foreclosure sale was instigated by a Nigerian fraud scheme targeting elderly and deceased individuals.The individual in the United States uses the Internet for the purpose of stealing money.