In a shocking turn of events, the Justice Department has announced charges against a Missouri woman, Lisa Jeanine Findley, for attempting to steal ownership of Graceland and millions of dollars from Elvis Presley’s family.
Findley, 52, allegedly orchestrated a failed foreclosure attempt on Presley’s former home by falsely claiming that Lisa Marie Presley had used Graceland as collateral for a loan that she did not repay before her death.
Findley faces charges of mail fraud and aggravated identity theft, and goes by multiple aliases. She was arrested on Friday morning and is set to appear in federal court in Missouri this afternoon.
According to court documents, Findley posed as various employees of a fake private lending company named Naussany Investments & Private Lending LLC, claiming that Lisa Marie Presley had borrowed $3.8 million from them. However, prosecutors state that no such loan was ever made.
To settle the false claim after Lisa Marie Presley’s death in 2023, Findley attempted to extort $2.85 million from Elvis Presley’s family by filing fraudulent foreclosure documents, deeds, and claims in court.
Earlier this year, a lawsuit from Elvis’s granddaughter, Danielle Riley Keough, blocked the foreclosure sale, leading Naussany Investments to drop its efforts. Findley then tried to shift blame onto an identity thief in Nigeria when the scheme was widely reported on.
In a strange twist, an individual associated with Naussany Investments responded to media inquiries with a message stating, “I didn’t win this one. I’ve stole many identities and received monies, we don’t win all.”
The Tennessee attorney general’s office handed over the investigation to the Justice Department in light of these egregious actions. The case is set to undergo further hearings to determine the rightful ownership rights to Graceland.