Missouri Woman Charged In Alleged Scheme To Defraud Elvis Presley’s Family With Sale Of Iconic Graceland Estate

MEMPHIS, TN – DECEMBER 16: Elvis Presley’s Graceland estate is seen December 16, 2004 in Memphis, Tennessee. Robert F.X. Sillerman and Elvis Presley Enterprises (EPE) announced December 16 the pending sale of an 85% stake in EPE, which will include all naming rights, intelectual property, archival documents, operations of Graceland and surrounding properties as well as revenue derived from Elvis’ music, films and television specials. The sale, estimated at $100 million, was structured so Lisa Marie Presley, sole heir to the Elvis Presley estate, would retain the 13.6 acre Graceland grounds and most of Elvis’ personal effects. (Photo by Mike Brown/Getty Images)
(Photo by Mike Brown/Getty Images)
OAN Staff James Meyers
10:00 AM – Friday, August 16, 2024

A Missouri woman has been arrested on charges alleging she orchestrated a scheme to conduct a fraudulent sale of Elvis Presley’s Graceland property in Memphis, Tennessee the Justice Department (DOJ) said Friday.

Advertisement
Lisa Jeanine Findley, who is also known as Lisa Holden and other aliases, was charged with mail fraud and aggravated identity theft in a criminal complaint unsealed Friday, prosecutors announced.

She is accused of scheming to steal the Presley family’s ownership interest in Graceland, falsely claiming that Presley’s daughter used the property as collateral for a loan she failed to pay before her death.

“As part of the brazen scheme, we allege that the defendant created numerous false documents and sought to extort a settlement from the Presley family,” said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri, head of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.

However, an attorney for Findley, was not listed in court documents and a telephone number was not available in public records.

In May, a judge halted the foreclosure sale of the Memphis attraction, claiming Presley’s estate could be successful in arguing that a company’s attempt to auction Graceland was fraudulent.

Meanwhile, the Tennessee attorney general’s office had been investigating the Graceland controversy, then it was confirmed in June that it handed the investigation over to federal authorities.

She is set to make her first court appearance on Friday in the U.S District Court for the Western District of Missouri