{"id":2210782,"date":"2024-04-01T16:32:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T20:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alex-murdaugh-sentenced-to-40-more-years-in-prison-for-federal-financial-crimes\/"},"modified":"2024-04-01T16:32:43","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T20:32:43","slug":"alex-murdaugh-sentenced-to-40-more-years-in-prison-for-federal-financial-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alex-murdaugh-sentenced-to-40-more-years-in-prison-for-federal-financial-crimes\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Murdaugh receives an additional 40-year prison term for federal financial offenses"},"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\">24<\/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%2Falex-murdaugh-sentenced-to-40-more-years-in-prison-for-federal-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=2210782&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>Alex \u2062Murdaugh, convicted of murder, received a 40-year federal prison sentence for financial crimes, to be served concurrently with\u200c a 27-year South Carolina term.\u2064 Apart from two life sentences for killing\u200d his wife and son,\u200b he must pay $8 million in restitution. The sentencing was\u2063 almost derailed by failed polygraph claims, sparking disputes between Murdaugh&#8217;s defense and federal prosecutors. Your \u200csummary provides a concise \u200coverview of Alex Murdaugh&#8217;s case, highlighting key points such as his federal and South Carolina\u200c prison sentences, the restitution amount, and the dispute over the failed \u200dpolygraph test. It effectively captures the main aspects of the story while maintaining brevity and clarity.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh was sentenced by a federal judge on Monday to 40 years in prison for numerous financial crimes.<\/p>\n<p>The 40-year sentence will be served at the same time as the 27 years South Carolina sentenced him to for similar crimes, NBC News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/alex-murdaugh-face-harsh-sentence-feds-say-failed-polygraph-test-rcna145513\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>. Those sentences are in addition to the two consecutive life sentences Murdaugh received for killing his wife, Maggie, and youngest son, Paul.<\/p>\n<p>Murdaugh was accused of stealing millions of dollars from his previous law firm and its clients and, in addition to prison time, was ordered to pay more than $8 million in restitution to his victims.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrust in our legal system begins with trust in its lawyers,\u201d U.S. Attorney Adair F. Boroughs said in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-sc\/pr\/alex-murdaugh-indicted-federal-conspiracy-wire-fraud-bank-fraud-and-money-laundering\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a statement<\/a>. \u201cSouth Carolinians turn to lawyers when they are at their most vulnerable, and in our state, those who abuse the public\u2019s trust and enrich themselves by fraud, theft, and self-dealing will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The sentencing hearing almost didn\u2019t happen, as prosecutors last week filed a motion trying to back out of their plea agreement with Murdaugh, claiming he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/alex-murdaughs-attorneys-reveal-reason-they-believe-client-failed-polygraph-test\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">failed a polygraph test<\/a> and was, therefore, lying about where the money was spent.<\/p>\n<p>The federal government based its attempt to revoke the plea agreement on the failed polygraph test but asked the courts not to release the results. Murdaugh\u2019s attorneys filed a motion last week opposing the federal prosecutors\u2019 request.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo allow the Government to publicly accuse Murdaugh of breaching his plea agreement while also allowing the Government to hide all purported evidence supporting that accusation from the public would violate the public\u2019s right to the truth,\u201d Murdaugh\u2019s attorneys, Jim Griffin and Dick Harpootlian, wrote in their motion, <a href=\"https:\/\/amp.cnn.com\/cnn\/2024\/03\/28\/us\/alex-murdaugh-lie-detector-test\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Polygraph tests are not permitted as evidence in court because they are notoriously unreliable.<\/p>\n<p>The attorneys argued in court documents that the polygraph Murdaugh failed was not reliable because the administrator admitted to Murdaugh that he had just tested Joran van der Sloot, who admitted to killing Natalee Holloway in Aruba in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are legitimate questions as to whether the Government intentionally manipulated the results to void the plea agreement and achieve the prosecutors\u2019 stated desire to \u2018ensure that he\u2019s never a free man again,\u2019\u201d\u00a0the attorneys wrote, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/alex-murdaugh-fbi-plea-deal-sentencing-6160a341f0adc6e3e17cf996bb1a8bce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to the Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Murdaugh <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/alex-murdaugh-sentenced-to-27-years-for-financial-crimes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">admitted<\/a> to stealing around $12 million from clients over the years after promising to help them with medical bills or pain and suffering. One victim, Jordan Jinks, had been a friend of Murdaugh\u2019s since they were children. He asked Murdaugh to represent him after he incurred hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical bills for a neck injury resulting from someone rear-ending his car.<\/p>\n<p>Jinks paid the bills, assured that Murdaugh would obtain a settlement to refund him. When Murdaugh received that settlement, he kept the money for himself.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe money you stole from me, I would have gave it to you,\u201d Jinks said during Murdaugh\u2019s sentencing. \u201cWhy bro? Why?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While taking responsibility for the financial crimes, Murdaugh adamantly denies killing his wife and son.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to take responsibility. I want my son to see me take responsibility. It\u2019s my hope that by taking responsibility that the people I\u2019ve hurt can begin to heal,\u201d Murdaugh said when pleading guilty in September.<\/p>\n<p>Harpootlian, his defense attorney, noted at the time: \u201cThere\u2019s two things Alex will tell you. One, he stole the money. Two, he did not kill Maggie and Paul.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Murdaugh, a convicted murderer, received a 40-year federal prison sentence for various financial crimes. This term will run concurrently with the 27-year South Carolina sentence he got for similar offenses, NBC News revealed. These sentences add to the consecutive terms he is already serving<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":2210783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-1257753129.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2210782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-1257753129.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2210782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2210782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2210782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2210783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2210782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2210782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2210782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}