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Woman Who Tried to Auction Graceland Gets 57 Months in Federal Prison

The punishment follows her February mail-fraud plea after prosecutors outlined a fictitious lender built on forged documents.

FILE - Graceland, Elvis Presley's home, is pictured, Jan. 7, 2011, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
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A Missouri woman pleaded guilty to a scheme to steal ownership of Graceland, Elvis Presley's iconic Tennessee home

Overview

  • U.S. District Judge John Fowlkes sentenced Lisa Jeanine Findley to 57 months in prison, plus three years of supervised release, mandatory mental health counseling, and restrictions on opening new credit.
  • The sentencing concluded a case in which she pleaded guilty to mail fraud as prosecutors moved to dismiss an aggravated identity theft charge under a plea deal.
  • Prosecutors said Findley fabricated a $3.8 million loan by forging the signatures of Lisa Marie Presley and Florida notary Kimberly Philbrick to support a sham lender, Naussany Investments.
  • She placed a fraudulent foreclosure notice in May 2024 to auction Graceland, but Riley Keough’s lawsuit secured an injunction that halted the planned sale.
  • The judge described the plot as a "wild" and "highly sophisticated" attempt to defraud the Presley family, and the government recommended the 57-month prison term.