“A Missouri woman was arrested this morning on federal charges in connection with an alleged scheme to defraud Elvis Presley’s family of millions of dollars and steal the family’s ownership interest in Graceland, the former home of Elvis Presley, located in Memphis, Tennessee,” the statement said.
The accused, Lisa Jeanine Findley, 53 will appear in a Missouri court to formally face charges, it added.
“As a Memphian, I know that Graceland is a national treasure,” Kevin G. Ritz, a member of the team prosecuting Findley, said in a statement. “This defendant allegedly used a brazen scheme to try to defraud the Presley family of their interest in this singularly important landmark.”
Lisa Marie succumbed on January 12, 2023, to long-running complications caused by weight-loss surgery. She was the only child of the singer and his actress wife Priscilla Presley, and sole heir to Graceland and her father's estate after the death of her grandfather and her great-grandmother.
Findley is charged with aggravated identity theft and mail fraud. If convicted, she faces a mandatory minimum of two years in prison for aggravated identity theft and a maximum of 20 years imprisonment for mail fraud.