{"id":1988624,"date":"2023-08-02T11:51:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T15:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/banker-who-helped-alex-murdaugh-steal-client-settlements-has-been-sentenced\/"},"modified":"2023-08-02T11:52:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T15:52:01","slug":"banker-who-helped-alex-murdaugh-steal-client-settlements-has-been-sentenced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/banker-who-helped-alex-murdaugh-steal-client-settlements-has-been-sentenced\/","title":{"rendered":"Banker aiding Alex Murdaugh in client settlement theft sentenced."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbanker-who-helped-alex-murdaugh-steal-client-settlements-has-been-sentenced%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1988624&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><h2>Accomplice of Disbarred Attorney Alex Murdaugh Sentenced to 7 Years \u2064in Prison<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Former Palmetto State Bank CEO Russell Laffitte,\u2062 51, has been sentenced to seven years\u200d in prison \u200bfor his involvement in helping Alex \u2062Murdaugh \u200bsteal money from clients. Laffitte, who \u2062was \u200bconvicted of six charges of wire and bank\u2062 fraud last November, \u2062will be the \u2064first of Murdaugh&#8217;s \u200daccomplices to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/she-claimed-she-was-raped-then-she-admitted-she-lied-to-cover-up-an-affair\/\" title=\"She Claimed She Was Raped. Then She Admitted She Lied To Cover Up An Affair.\">face prison time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Stealing Millions from Clients<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Laffitte played\u2062 a \u200ckey role in assisting Murdaugh in embezzling nearly $2 \u200dmillion from \u200bclients&#8217; legal settlements. In addition to \u2062the prison\u200b sentence, U.S.\u2062 District Judge Richard Gergel has ordered Laffitte to pay over $3 million in restitution.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Manipulated \u2064by \u200dMurdaugh<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite his conviction, Laffitte maintains his innocence, claiming \u200cthat he was unaware of the illegal nature of his actions and that he was\u200c manipulated by\u200c Murdaugh.<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p><h2>Murdaugh&#8217;s Web of Crime<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Murdaugh, who has been accused of a wide range of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/banker-who-helped-alex-murdaugh-steal-client-settlements-has-been-sentenced\/\" title=\"Banker aiding Alex Murdaugh in client settlement theft sentenced.\">crimes including \u2062money\u2062 laundering<\/a> and drug offenses, was recently sentenced to\u200c two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/he-spent-20-years-in-prison-for-a-double-murder-he-didnt-commit-dna-evidence-exonerated-him\/\" title=\"He Spent 20 Years In Prison For A Double Murder He Didn\u2019t Commit. DNA Evidence Exonerated Him.\">consecutive life sentences<\/a> for the murder \u200dof his wife and\u2062 youngest son. \u2064The trial revealed\u2063 Murdaugh&#8217;s cunning manipulation and betrayal of trust, \u200bas\u2063 testified by over 70 witnesses.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>A Man of\u2064 Lies<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During the sentencing, Judge \u2062Clifton Newman \u2063condemned Murdaugh for his repeated lies, including his\u200d denial \u2062of\u200b being\u200d present at the crime \u2064scene. Cell phone evidence proved otherwise, and Murdaugh eventually \u200cadmitted to lying while testifying \u2062in \u2063his\u2063 own defense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A banker, Russell Laffitte, aged 51, has been sentenced to seven years in prison for aiding Alex Murdaugh in stealing money from his clients. Laffitte, the former CEO of Palmetto State Bank, was convicted of six charges of wire and bank fraud in November. 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