Lisa Findley Pleads Guilty in Graceland Estate Fraud Scheme

Lisa Jeanine Findley, a Missouri woman, has pleaded guilty to mail fraud in a scheme to auction off Elvis Presley's Graceland estate without the family's consent. Findley falsely claimed that Lisa Marie Presley had borrowed $3.8 million and used Graceland as collateral before her death in January 2023, threatening the family with auction if they did not pay a $2.85 million settlement. Her aggravated identity theft charge has been dismissed as part of a plea deal, significantly reducing her potential sentence from a maximum of 20 years. The fraudulent actions included creating fake documents and aliases, as well as a false foreclosure notice. A judge halted the auction after Riley Keough, Presley's granddaughter, filed a lawsuit alleging fraud. Findley is scheduled to be sentenced on June 18, and her plea deal is expected to result in a lesser sentence than initially faced.