USA v. Murdaugh
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9:23-cr-00396
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April 01, 2024
Murdaugh Gets 40 Years For Financial Crimes In Fed. Court
Alex Murdaugh, the disgraced former South Carolina lawyer serving a life sentence for murder, was hit with a concurrent 40-year prison term in federal court Monday after pleading guilty to stealing at least $9 million from clients.
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March 27, 2024
Feds Say Murdaugh Lied, Broke Plea Deal Over $9M Fraud
Alex Murdaugh, the South Carolina attorney serving a life sentence for killing his wife and son, was dishonest with the government and should potentially face a harsher prison sentence than the one proposed in a plea agreement on federal charges of stealing at least $9 million from clients, prosecutors said.
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October 17, 2023
Murdaugh Can't Have Feds Seize Fraud Funds From Receivers
A South Carolina federal judge has rebuffed an effort from attorney and convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh to have the federal government wrest control of his assets from a pair of receivers who Murdaugh alleged were using their positions in his fraud case to line their pockets.
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October 11, 2023
Murdaugh Wants Fraud Funds Seized Over Receivers' Misuse
Alex Murdaugh, the prominent attorney serving a life sentence for the murder of his wife and son, urged a South Carolina federal judge Tuesday to seize his assets from the hands of receivers Murdaugh says are using the funds to enrich themselves to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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September 21, 2023
Murdaugh Admits $9M Fraud So Victims Can 'Begin To Heal'
Alex Murdaugh, the South Carolina attorney serving a life sentence for killing his wife and son, pled guilty Thursday to federal charges of stealing at least $9 million from clients, saying he is taking responsibility so the people he has harmed can "begin to heal."
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September 19, 2023
Murdaugh Strikes Plea Deal For Charges Of Defrauding Clients
Alex Murdaugh, the South Carolina personal injury attorney sentenced to life in prison for killing his wife and son, has agreed to plead guilty to nearly two dozen federal charges related to purported schemes in which he stole at least $9 million from clients, court records show.
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August 02, 2023
Bank Exec Gets 7 Years For Allegedly Aiding Murdaugh Fraud
A Palmetto State Bank executive convicted of helping disgraced lawyer Alex Murdaugh steal clients' money was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in federal prison.
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May 31, 2023
Murdaugh's Atty Hints At Guilty Plea In Federal Fraud Case
Disgraced former South Carolina personal injury lawyer Alex Murdaugh pled not guilty Wednesday in federal court to charges that he ripped off clients, but his lawyer suggested a guilty plea from the convicted murderer may be on the horizon.
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May 25, 2023
Murdaugh's Atty Friend Cops To Role In $4.3M Estate Fraud
Former personal injury lawyer Cory Fleming entered a guilty plea on Thursday in South Carolina federal court for conspiring with former attorney and convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh to steal money from a $4.3 million settlement from Murdaugh's housekeeper's estate after she died from a fall at his South Carolina home.
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May 24, 2023
Murdaugh Charged In Federal Court With Defrauding Clients
Disgraced former South Carolina personal injury lawyer Alex Murdaugh, who was convicted of murdering his wife and son and is serving life in prison, was indicted Wednesday on federal charges alleging he ripped off clients through a series of fraud schemes.