Woman who tried to sell Elvis Presley's Graceland sentenced to over 4 years in federal prison

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Woman who tried to sell Elvis Presley's Graceland sentenced to over 4 years in federal prison

Lisa Jeanine Findley concocted a bizarre, brazen scheme to try and sell Elvis Presley's iconic home, prosecutors said.

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[Tia]

Glad they stopped that and she is going to jail.

 

[RX8]

This fraud was way too easy and was allowed to go way too far (to the point of almost having a foreclosure sale). If this can happen with a property as famous as Graceland can you imagine how easy it would be for someone to do this to a house down the street from your own?

 

[sponger76]

Good riddance. I

This fraud was way too easy and was allowed to go way too far (to the point of almost having a foreclosure sale). If this can happen with a property as famous as Graceland can you imagine how easy it would be for someone to do this to a house down the street from your own?

Yeah, given the notoriety of the property and family involved, I'm surprised both that it got that far, and that the fraudster actually thought they'd be able to get away with it. A family like that obviously has the resources to investigate and fight back.

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

This fraud was way too easy and was allowed to go way too far (to the point of almost having a foreclosure sale). If this can happen with a property as famous as Graceland can you imagine how easy it would be for someone to do this to a house down the street from your own?

My thoughts as well.

Another easy fraud is to lease a property, then just stop paying rent and use renter protection laws to preclude eviction for non-payment.

 

[am1]

My thoughts as well.

Another easy fraud is to lease a property, then just stop paying rent and use renter protection laws to preclude eviction for non-payment.

It what people voted for. There are more renters than landlords. I am all for debtors prison. It is amazing how many people would find the money instead of doing hard time.

 

[WaikikiFirst]

Another easy fraud is to lease a property, then just stop paying rent and use renter protection laws to preclude eviction for non-payment.

I'll go one better. Have someone with citizenship, good credit, etc lease a property,
then have someone with none of that move in "together",
then when the owner comes to the door wondering about rent, have the second person say "I'm the (boyfriend, girlfriend). He/she is out of town this week. I'll pay it. Here is my check."
As soon as the owner or owner's representative accepts the check from the 2nd person, that 2nd person gets all the protection laws.
Then, the original renter never appears again (most likely off being paid to start the scam again with another "boyfriend/girlfriend").
Then, the 2nd person just stops paying rent and uses renter protection laws to preclude eviction for non-payment. Of course, complaining about "MOLD" in here somewhere works wonders.

I was on the jury. We were not allowed to discuss together til the end. I kept wondering if I was crazy or if the others figured out every step of the fraud. It heartened me to see that 9 out of 12 figured it out and 2 others figured most of it out. Then there is always that one ...

 

[Brett]

I'm all shook up. Uh huh ... oh yeah ..