A Missouri woman has been accused of orchestrating a wide-ranging scheme to extort the family of Elvis Presley and steal his iconic Graceland home.
The suspect, named as Lisa Jeanine Findley, 53, was charged with mail fraud and aggravated identity theft on Friday by prosecutors.
Authorities claimed Findley has a long history of scams and frauds, and is known to use a number of aliases including Lisa Holden.
She allegedly tied herself to the home through false identities, post office boxes, and phone numbers, and was snared on Friday morning by ‘at least 15 cops’ descending on her home in Kimberling City, reports NBC News.
A Missouri woman has been accused of orchestrating a wide-ranging scheme to extort the family of Elvis Presley and steal his iconic Graceland home
The scheme allegedly targeted Elvis’ only daughter Lisa Marie Presley, who died in January 2023 (pictured that same month)
The plot was reportedly first put on the radar of investigators in May, after a company named Naussany Investments claimed in court that Lisa Marie Presley owed millions of dollars in unpaid loans.
The claim raised eyebrows after Lisa Marie, Elvis’ only child, died in January 2023, leading the company to press surviving Presley family members for repayment.
As Presley’s family refused to pay the loans, Naussany Investments attempted to force a foreclosure sale on Graceland – a move that was quickly halted by Tennessee courts.
Lisa Marie’s eldest daughter and heir, Riley Kough, 34, became the sole trustee of the Promenade Trust that protects the assets of Elvis’s estate after her mother’s death, and counter-sued claiming fraud.
In her lawsuit, she alleged that her late mother had never taken out a loan with Naussany Investments and that Lisa Marie’s signature had been forged.
After a Tennessee judge ruled that Naussany Investments had indeed forged the signature, it emerged that a person behind the company claimed to be a Nigerian scammer.
According to NBC News, Findley was then connected to the Graceland plot in June, when she denied any knowledge of the allegations.
Findley is set to appear in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri on Friday, where she will stand accused of being the mastermind behind the scheme to force the sale of Graceland and make millions.
Graceland (purchased by Elvis in 1957, pictured in 1977), was almost foreclosed upon by the scheme through an allegedly fraudulent court filing claiming millions of dollars
It was reported that when investigators looked into Naussany Investments, it was found that there were no records or evidence that the company ever existed.
After the bizarre legal battle involving the alleged Nigerian scamming system, Findley was connected to the company through a Facebook profile using the same name as the company.
When NBC News claimed to make the connection in June, they said a former acquaintance of Findley’s, Rasheed Jeremy Carballo, told the outlet that she had shared details of an alleged plot to steal Presley’s home.