Missouri Woman Sentenced 57 Months for Fraudulent Graceland Sale Scheme

Lisa Jeanine Findley, a Missouri woman, was sentenced to 57 months in prison and three years of supervised release for orchestrating a fraudulent scheme to defraud Elvis Presley’s family by attempting to foreclose on and auction off Graceland, the singer’s historic Memphis home. Findley falsely claimed that Elvis’s daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, had borrowed $3.8 million from a fake lender using Graceland as collateral and failed to repay the loan before her death in 2023. She published fraudulent foreclosure notices and threatened to sell Graceland unless the Presley family paid a $2.85 million settlement. The scheme was blocked by a judge after Elvis’s granddaughter, Riley Keough, filed a lawsuit alleging the loan documents were forged. The judge described the scheme as "wild" and "highly sophisticated," noting Findley’s prior convictions for similar fraud-related offenses. As part of her sentence, Findley is also required to undergo mental health counseling and is prohibited from opening lines of credit without probation approval.