{"id":2040236,"date":"2023-09-21T15:49:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T19:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/convicted-murderer-alex-murdaugh-pleads-guilty-to-financial-crimes\/"},"modified":"2023-09-21T15:50:31","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T19:50:31","slug":"convicted-murderer-alex-murdaugh-pleads-guilty-to-financial-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/convicted-murderer-alex-murdaugh-pleads-guilty-to-financial-crimes\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Murdaugh, convicted murderer, admits guilt in financial crimes."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Fconvicted-murderer-alex-murdaugh-pleads-guilty-to-financial-crimes%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=2040236&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><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Disbarred\u2063 attorney Alex Murdaugh arrives in court in Beaufort, S.C. Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. Murdaugh\u2063 appeared publicly as\u200b a convicted murderer for the first time at\u200c the state court\u200b hearing regarding the slew\u200b of financial \u2063crimes allegedly \u2062committed by the disbarred South Carolina attorney. (AP Photo\/James Pollard)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/elizabeth-volberding\">Elizabeth \u2063Volberding<br \/><\/a>12:40 PM \u2013 Thursday, September 21, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>Convicted killer Alex Murdaugh has confessed in federal court to stealing millions of dollars from his past clients. This marks the\u200d first time that he has pleaded guilty to a crime in front of \u200ba judge.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Murdaugh, 55, pleaded guilty to 22 counts in South Carolina United States District Court. The counts include bank fraud, wire fraud and money laundering for stealing over $9 million.\u2062 Murdaugh confessing was part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Alex-Murdaugh-plea-agreement-.pdf\">plea agreement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He pleaded guilty to 14 of \u2064the counts are\u200c money laundering, five counts of wire fraud, one count of bank\u2063 fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit wire \u200band \u2063bank fraud \u200band one count of \u200cconspiracy to commit wire fraud.<\/p>\n<p>In March, \u200cMurdaugh, who was is\u2064 a\u200c disbarred attorney,\u00a0was given a life\u200b sentence without parole in a South Carolina\u200b prison\u2063 for\u2063 killing \u2064his 52-year-old wife, Maggie Murdaugh, and their youngest son, \u206322-year-old Paul\u2064 Murdaugh.<\/p>\n<p>He has denied any involvement \u200bin\u2063 the murders since his\u2062 family\u2019s deaths in June 2021. He proclaimed \u2062that\u2063 he \u2064was\u200c innocent\u2063 during a\u200c two day testimony \u200dearlier this\u200d year and is appealing the jury verdict.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s two things Alex will tell you. One,\u2062 he stole the\u200c money. Two,\u200c he \u200bdid\u2063 not kill Maggie and Paul,\u201d defense attorney Dick Harpootlian said\u2064 after the \u200chearing.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The \u200bguilty plea has the potential to lock in \u2064years if\u200c not decades in prison for the former lawyer, even if his murder \u2064conviction and sentence in state\u2064 court are overturned on appeal.<\/p>\n<p>Murdough\u2019s \u200dfederal counts could have him facing a \u200bmaximum of \u206230 years in \u200bprison. The counts are based on\u2063 the \u2064same financial crimes \u200dhe is accused of in a load of state indictments.\u2064 He is \u200cset to go to trial in November on some of the charges.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, he confessed that he stole money that\u200b was \u2062supposed \u200cto \u2062be \u200dmeant for a man paralyzed from the neck \u200ddown in an accident, for\u2063 two sisters who were children when they lost their mother and brother in a \u200dcrash, as well as from the\u200c estate of \u200dhis longtime \u2062maid who died \u200bin \u200ba fall at the family home.<\/p>\n<p>During the hearing, the disbarred attorney expressed to the judge that he wanted\u2062 to \u2063take \u200dthe \u2063blame for his bank fraud and\u200c stealing \u2063from his clients. He also added that he would like to \u200cdo right by his son.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI want to \u200btake responsibility. I want my son to\u2063 see me \u2063take responsibility. It\u2019s\u2064 my \u200dhope that\u200b by taking responsibility that the people I\u2019ve \u200bhurt can begin to heal,\u201d said Murdaugh, standing in his orange South Carolina prison jumpsuit.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The plea deal mandates Murdaugh to work with prosecutors, pay restitution \u2063and take\u200c a lie detector test \u200cif asked to. <\/p>\n<p>He is set to be \u2064sentenced at a later date. According \u200cto federal prosecutor Emily Limehouse, prosecutors \u200dwill \u200cbe asking for\u2063 a lengthy term. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cOur goal in holding him accountable for the financial crimes in \u2062federal court is to ensure that he\u2019s never a free man again,\u201d Limehouse explained.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>If the \u200dconvicted killer follows through with \u200dthe process, prosecutors are planning \u2064to request for \u2064the judge to impose a prison term\u200c that will occur at the same time as any sentence imposed in state court for crimes that \u200cmay be \u200csimilar.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe Defendant agrees to be fully truthful and\u2063 forthright\u200c with federal, state and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-votes-on-major-security-upgrade-will-fine-members-5k-for-bypassing-metal-detectors\/\" title=\"House Votes On Major Security Upgrade, Will Fine Members K For Bypassing Metal Detectors\">local law enforcement agencies<\/a> by \u2062providing full, complete and truthful \u2064information about all criminal activities about which he\/she has knowledge,\u201d \u2063according to the plea agreement he signed September \u206318<sup>th<\/sup>. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AlexMurdaugh?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AlexMurdaugh<\/a> pleads guilty\u2063 to nearly a dozen federal financial charges\u200c after\u2062 he allegedly stole millions of dollars from\u200d his clients.<\/p>\n<p>If convicted,\u200b Murdaugh could be sentenced to 30 years in prison.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CourtTV?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CourtTV<\/a> \u2063 What do YOU\u2062 think? \u2696\ufe0f\ud83d\udc47 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U4q3FAGt4Z\">pic.twitter.com\/U4q3FAGt4Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Court\u200d TV (@CourtTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CourtTV\/status\/1704608874370838800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September \u206320, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Reportedly, Murdaugh asked one \u2062of his former clients, Curtis Eddie Smith, to \u200bshoot him in the head just \u2064three months after the\u200c murders of his wife and\u200d youngest son. He requested this \u200dfrom Smith so\u2064 that\u200c his oldest son, Buster Murdaugh, could receive $10 million in life insurance payouts.<\/p>\n<p>Smith, 62, replied to Murdaugh asking why he wanted to die. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cBecause they\u2019re \u200cgoing to be able to prove that\u2063 I\u2019m responsible for\u200c Maggie and Paul,\u201d \u2064Murdaugh allegedly \u200cresponded, referring to the South \u2062Carolina \u2064Law Enforcement Division (SLED).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Therefore, Smith expressed that he quickly refused Murdaugh\u2019s request.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThat ain\u2019t happening. Not today, not tomorrow. It ain\u2019t happening,\u201d\u2062 he remembered telling Murdaugh. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to a documentary that\u2064 aired earlier \u2064this\u200b month \u2062by Fox Nation, <em>The \u200cFall of the House of Murdaugh<\/em>, the convicted murderer\u2019s oldest son exclusively \u200btold host Martha MacCallum that he believed his father did not receive\u2063 a fair\u200c trial.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI \u2062think it was a \u200btilted \u2064table from the beginning,\u201d Buster told MacCallum.\u2063 \u201cAnd I think, unfortunately, a lot of the jurors felt that \u2064way prior to when they had to\u2064 deliberate. It was predetermined in their minds, prior to when \u2064they ever heard any \u2062shred of evidence that was given in that room.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to the plea deal, Murdaugh will be \u2064required to pay\u2062 back the $9 million that he is accused\u200d of stealing and taking a lie detector test if\u2062 requested to.<\/p>\n<p>Murdaugh has \u200cthe potential to face a maximum of 30 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! \u200cReceive breaking news \u200dblasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The\u200c Biden\u200b Administration is under scrutiny \u200cover its role in colluding with social media companies to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oklahoma-man-executed-for-university-dance-student-murder\/\" title=\"Oklahoma man put to death for killing university dance student.\">censor free speech online<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>House\u200d Judiciary Republicans tell One America News that \u2062Merrick Garland has a \u200ccredibility problem on\u2063 a range of issues. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The Oil And Gas\u2062 Workers \u2062Association endorses \u206345th\u2064 President\u200b Donald Trump.  One America\u2019s \u2063Daniel Baldwin has\u2062 more.   <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Frank \u2062Pavone<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>LONDON (Reuters) -The European Commission launched an investigation on\u200d Wednesday into whether to impose \u2063punitive tariffs to protect European Union automakers against\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By John\u2063 Revill ZURICH (Reuters) \u2013 ABB\u2064 is spending $280 \u200dmillion on a new\u2062 robotics factory in \u200cSweden, the Swiss engineering and\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>PARIS (Reuters) \u2013 French Europe Minister Laurence Boon \u200bon Wednesday \u2063welcomed an anti-subsidy investigation into Chinese electric vehicles launched by\u2064 the EU\u2026\u200b <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Mathieu Rosemain and Silvia Aloisi PARIS \u2063(Reuters) \u2013 Apple said on Wednesday its iPhone 12 model was certified by multiple international\u2026\u2062 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \u2063rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> \u200c How does the guilty\u200d plea\u2062 in the federal court affect\u200d Alex \u200dMurdaugh&#8217;s chances\u2063 of appealing his murder conviction in the state court?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Convicted killer \u200dand disbarred attorney Alex Murdaugh has made shocking confessions in federal court, revealing that he stole millions of\u200c dollars from his \u2063past clients. \u200cThis marks the \u2064first time that he has pleaded guilty to a crime before a judge.<\/p>\n<p>On \u200bSeptember 21, Murdaugh, aged 55, \u2063appeared before \u2064South Carolina United States District Court and pleaded guilty to 22 \u2062counts, \u200cincluding bank fraud, wire fraud,\u200b and money laundering. These \u2062charges relate to his theft of\u200d over $9 million. His\u2062 confession was part of a plea agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically,\u200d Murdaugh pleaded guilty\u200c to \u206314 counts of money \u2062laundering, five counts of wire fraud, one count of bank fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud, and one count of \u200bconspiracy to commit wire fraud. These \u2063actions took place\u2064 during the time when he was still \u200cpracticing as\u200c an attorney\u2064 before being disbarred.<\/p>\n<p>This guilty plea follows Murdaugh&#8217;s life sentence without parole for the murder\u2063 of his 52-year-old wife, \u200bMaggie Murdaugh, and their\u200b 22-year-old son, Paul Murdaugh, in \u200cJune \u200b2021. \u2064Despite maintaining\u2064 his innocence\u200d throughout the trial, he was convicted\u200c and is currently appealing the jury verdict.<\/p>\n<p>Defense attorney Dick Harpootlian emphasized that while Murdaugh \u2062has admitted to stealing the\u2063 money, \u200che adamantly denies any involvement in the murders of his wife \u2064and son. The guilty plea in the federal court\u200b could potentially \u2064lead to \u2062additional years,\u2064 if not\u200d decades, in prison for Murdaugh, regardless of any future overturning of his murder conviction and\u2063 sentence in the state court.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of sentencing for the federal counts, Murdaugh faces a maximum of 30 \u2062years in prison. These counts align\u200b with the same financial crimes for which he is also facing state indictments. \u2064A \u200ctrial for some of the\u2064 charges is scheduled for November.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore,\u200c Murdaugh confessed to \u200dstealing \u200cmoney intended for\u2062 a man paralyzed in an accident, two\u2062 sisters who \u200dlost their mother and brother in a crash when they were children, and from\u2064 the estate \u2062of his longtime maid who died in a \u200bfall \u2062at\u2064 the Murdaugh\u2064 family home.<\/p>\n<p>During the court hearing, the disbarred attorney expressed his desire to take responsibility \u2064for his \u2064bank fraud and theft \u2063from his clients. He \u200dalso\u200b expressed a desire to make amends for his\u2063 son, who \u2063has been affected by his actions.<\/p>\n<p>In \u2064conclusion,\u200b Alex Murdaugh&#8217;s guilty plea in federal court for the theft of millions of dollars from past clients adds another layer \u2064to his \u200balready tarnished reputation. As the trial progresses, it remains to be\u2062 seen\u200b how\u2062 the court will sentence him \u2063for these additional crimes and the\u200d impact it will have on\u2063 his overall legal proceedings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disbarred lawyer Alex Murdaugh makes his court appearance in Beaufort, S.C. on Sept. 14, 2023. It was his first public appearance as a convicted murderer, facing charges related to numerous financial crimes. 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