A woman from Missouri who initially declared himself innocent of federal positions related to an elaborate scam to steal the Graceland farm to Elvis Presley’s family is now accepting some responsibility.
Lisa Jeanine Findley, who is also known by several aka, including Lisa Holden, declared himself innocent last year of sending fraud and theft of aggravated identity. But on Tuesday, he agreed to declare himself guilty of fraud by mail. The other position will be dismissed, according to judicial documents.
When a federal judge asked her if she admitted to blame and accepted responsibility, Findley said: “Yes,” Associated Press said.
The plea agreement adds another layer to the long record of Findley scams and fraud that date back to decades that granted hundreds of thousands of dollars and left a trace of angry victims. For his past scams, he made time in state and federal prisons.
Graceland’s scam was, with much, the most shameless. As part of the plot, Findley forged names, signatures and notar seals to create fake loan documents, according to loading documents.
It began with an offer from Naussany Investments, a false company led by people who did not seem to be real, seeking control over Graceland about what he said it was an unpaid debt by Lisa Marie Presley, the only daughter of Elvis Presley, who died in 2023. The documents presented in a Memphis court, Tennessee, were falsified and a judge arrested the procedures after Presley’s daughter, Riley Keough, opposed.
Making passing through Naussany Investments executives, the scammers wrote to NBC News and other media that were dropping their attempt to steal Graceland. A person, who called himself Gregory Naussany said he was part of a ring of Nigerian identity thieves.
But an NBC News investigation discovered that a trail of digital tracks left by the false company, including a false Facebook profile, addresses, negative reviews of Google and phone numbers and fax, led Findley, a grandmother who lived near Branson , Missouri. Facebook’s false account had been used as a weapon in a battle between a local nail room and a former discontent employee that Findley had made friends.
Findley denied knowing about the case when NBC News confronted her at her door last June. She said her identification had been stolen. When asked about the digital clues that they pointed out, she replied: “I don’t have an earthly idea of what you are talking about.”
Two months later, federal authorities accused Findley for Graceland’s fraud.
Findley is scheduled to be sentenced on June 18.
