CNN has reached out to Murdaugh’s attorney, Richard Harpootlian, for comment. A Harpootlian spokesman told CNN in an email: “No comment at this time.” The latest indictments allege Murdaugh stole from the former law firm and his brother. According to an indictment, it was a common practice for certain partners in the PMPED law firm (Peters, Murdaugh, Parker, Eltzroth and Detrick) to loan money to the firm at the beginning of each year to cover certain expenses until the firm had generated sufficient revenue and they could to be repaid with interest, but Murdaugh usually did not make these loans. The company’s accounting office “erroneously wrote a loan repayment check to Murdaugh for $121,358.63” that should have gone to Murdaugh’s brother, who had made a loan, according to the indictment. But Murdaugh went to the accounting office and “though falsely represented the office cut another check for the same amount … (and) then deposited this replacement loan repayment check into his account and converted the funds to his personal use.” Murdoch conducted financial transactions “with property he knew to be the proceeds of, or derived directly or indirectly from, the proceeds of illegal activity,” another charge states. Another indictment alleges that Murdaugh created a bank account “for the purpose of misappropriating funds belonging to others under the illusion that the funds were paid to (a) legitimate settlement planning firm.” He then made sure that a $91,867.50 check, which represented legal fees to the law firm in one case, was disbursed from the client trust account to the bank account he had set up and controlled, according to the indictment. He then used that money “for his personal use, for expenses including, but not limited to, credit card payments, transfers to family members, overdraft fees and checks written to associates,” according to the indictment.
A total of 90 charges for fraud schemes
Murdaugh resigned from the law firm in September 2021 after PMPED “discovered that Alex was misappropriating funds in violation of PMPED standards and policies,” the firm said in a statement. That same month, the state Supreme Court issued an order suspending the attorney’s license to practice law in South Carolina. In October, the law firm sued Murdaugh to recover funds it claimed he stole from clients for his personal use, saying Murdaugh “developed a systematic scheme in which he diverted funds owed to the firm and clients to a fictitious entity” for many years. Murdaugh was already facing a number of other charges for alleged financial crimes. “In total, through 18 indictments containing 90 counts against Murdo, the State Grand Jury has indicted Murdo for schemes to defraud victims of $8,789,447.77,” the state attorney general said. Murdaugh was also charged in July with two counts of murder and two counts of possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime in connection with the murders of his wife and son. Margaret “Maggie” Murdaugh, 52, and their son, Paul Murdaugh, 22, were found shot to death on the family’s property in Islandton, about an hour north of Hilton Head Island, on June 7, 2021. Alex Murdaugh called 911 , saying he had just returned home and discovered their bodies. He pleaded not guilty and his lawyers said he wanted “everyone to know that he had nothing to do with the murders of Maggie and Paul.” Murdaugh wants the trial to begin quickly, his attorney previously said, because he believes his wife and son “the killer or killers are still at large.”
title: “Disgraced South Carolina Attorney Alex Murdaugh Faces New Financial Charges Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-23” author: “Marcus Bundren”
CNN has reached out to Murdaugh’s attorney, Richard Harpootlian, for comment. A Harpootlian spokesman told CNN in an email: “No comment at this time.” The latest indictments allege Murdaugh stole from the former law firm and his brother. According to an indictment, it was a common practice for certain partners in the PMPED law firm (Peters, Murdaugh, Parker, Eltzroth and Detrick) to loan money to the firm at the beginning of each year to cover certain expenses until the firm had generated sufficient revenue and they could to be repaid with interest, but Murdaugh usually did not make these loans. The company’s accounting office “erroneously wrote a loan repayment check to Murdaugh for $121,358.63” that should have gone to Murdaugh’s brother, who had made a loan, according to the indictment. But Murdaugh went to the accounting office and “though falsely represented the office cut another check for the same amount … (and) then deposited this replacement loan repayment check into his account and converted the funds to his personal use.” Murdoch conducted financial transactions “with property he knew to be the proceeds of, or derived directly or indirectly from, the proceeds of illegal activity,” another charge states. Another indictment alleges that Murdaugh created a bank account “for the purpose of misappropriating funds belonging to others under the illusion that the funds were paid to (a) legitimate settlement planning firm.” He then made sure that a $91,867.50 check, which represented legal fees to the law firm in one case, was disbursed from the client trust account to the bank account he had set up and controlled, according to the indictment. He then used that money “for his personal use, for expenses including, but not limited to, credit card payments, transfers to family members, overdraft fees and checks written to associates,” according to the indictment.
A total of 90 charges for fraud schemes
Murdaugh resigned from the law firm in September 2021 after PMPED “discovered that Alex was misappropriating funds in violation of PMPED standards and policies,” the firm said in a statement. That same month, the state Supreme Court issued an order suspending the attorney’s license to practice law in South Carolina. In October, the law firm sued Murdaugh to recover funds it claimed he stole from clients for his personal use, saying Murdaugh “developed a systematic scheme in which he diverted funds owed to the firm and clients to a fictitious entity” for many years. Murdaugh was already facing a number of other charges for alleged financial crimes. “In total, through 18 indictments containing 90 counts against Murdo, the State Grand Jury has indicted Murdo for schemes to defraud victims of $8,789,447.77,” the state attorney general said. Murdaugh was also charged in July with two counts of murder and two counts of possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime in connection with the murders of his wife and son. Margaret “Maggie” Murdaugh, 52, and their son, Paul Murdaugh, 22, were found shot to death on the family’s property in Islandton, about an hour north of Hilton Head Island, on June 7, 2021. Alex Murdaugh called 911 , saying he had just returned home and discovered their bodies. He pleaded not guilty and his lawyers said he wanted “everyone to know that he had nothing to do with the murders of Maggie and Paul.” Murdaugh wants the trial to begin quickly, his attorney previously said, because he believes his wife and son “the killer or killers are still at large.”
title: “Disgraced South Carolina Attorney Alex Murdaugh Faces New Financial Charges Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-15” author: “Randall Fletcher”
CNN has reached out to Murdaugh’s attorney, Richard Harpootlian, for comment. A Harpootlian spokesman told CNN in an email: “No comment at this time.” The latest indictments allege Murdaugh stole from the former law firm and his brother. According to an indictment, it was a common practice for certain partners in the PMPED law firm (Peters, Murdaugh, Parker, Eltzroth and Detrick) to loan money to the firm at the beginning of each year to cover certain expenses until the firm had generated sufficient revenue and they could to be repaid with interest, but Murdaugh usually did not make these loans. The company’s accounting office “erroneously wrote a loan repayment check to Murdaugh for $121,358.63” that should have gone to Murdaugh’s brother, who had made a loan, according to the indictment. But Murdaugh went to the accounting office and “though falsely represented the office cut another check for the same amount … (and) then deposited this replacement loan repayment check into his account and converted the funds to his personal use.” Murdoch conducted financial transactions “with property he knew to be the proceeds of, or derived directly or indirectly from, the proceeds of illegal activity,” another charge states. Another indictment alleges that Murdaugh created a bank account “for the purpose of misappropriating funds belonging to others under the illusion that the funds were paid to (a) legitimate settlement planning firm.” He then made sure that a $91,867.50 check, which represented legal fees to the law firm in one case, was disbursed from the client trust account to the bank account he had set up and controlled, according to the indictment. He then used that money “for his personal use, for expenses including, but not limited to, credit card payments, transfers to family members, overdraft fees and checks written to associates,” according to the indictment.
A total of 90 charges for fraud schemes
Murdaugh resigned from the law firm in September 2021 after PMPED “discovered that Alex was misappropriating funds in violation of PMPED standards and policies,” the firm said in a statement. That same month, the state Supreme Court issued an order suspending the attorney’s license to practice law in South Carolina. In October, the law firm sued Murdaugh to recover funds it claimed he stole from clients for his personal use, saying Murdaugh “developed a systematic scheme in which he diverted funds owed to the firm and clients to a fictitious entity” for many years. Murdaugh was already facing a number of other charges for alleged financial crimes. “In total, through 18 indictments containing 90 counts against Murdo, the State Grand Jury has indicted Murdo for schemes to defraud victims of $8,789,447.77,” the state attorney general said. Murdaugh was also charged in July with two counts of murder and two counts of possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime in connection with the murders of his wife and son. Margaret “Maggie” Murdaugh, 52, and their son, Paul Murdaugh, 22, were found shot to death on the family’s property in Islandton, about an hour north of Hilton Head Island, on June 7, 2021. Alex Murdaugh called 911 , saying he had just returned home and discovered their bodies. He pleaded not guilty and his lawyers said he wanted “everyone to know that he had nothing to do with the murders of Maggie and Paul.” Murdaugh wants the trial to begin quickly, his attorney previously said, because he believes his wife and son “the killer or killers are still at large.”
title: “Disgraced South Carolina Attorney Alex Murdaugh Faces New Financial Charges Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-25” author: “Ladonna Dow”
CNN has reached out to Murdaugh’s attorney, Richard Harpootlian, for comment. A Harpootlian spokesman told CNN in an email: “No comment at this time.” The latest indictments allege Murdaugh stole from the former law firm and his brother. According to an indictment, it was a common practice for certain partners in the PMPED law firm (Peters, Murdaugh, Parker, Eltzroth and Detrick) to loan money to the firm at the beginning of each year to cover certain expenses until the firm had generated sufficient revenue and they could to be repaid with interest, but Murdaugh usually did not make these loans. The company’s accounting office “erroneously wrote a loan repayment check to Murdaugh for $121,358.63” that should have gone to Murdaugh’s brother, who had made a loan, according to the indictment. But Murdaugh went to the accounting office and “though falsely represented the office cut another check for the same amount … (and) then deposited this replacement loan repayment check into his account and converted the funds to his personal use.” Murdoch conducted financial transactions “with property he knew to be the proceeds of, or derived directly or indirectly from, the proceeds of illegal activity,” another charge states. Another indictment alleges that Murdaugh created a bank account “for the purpose of misappropriating funds belonging to others under the illusion that the funds were paid to (a) legitimate settlement planning firm.” He then made sure that a $91,867.50 check, which represented legal fees to the law firm in one case, was disbursed from the client trust account to the bank account he had set up and controlled, according to the indictment. He then used that money “for his personal use, for expenses including, but not limited to, credit card payments, transfers to family members, overdraft fees and checks written to associates,” according to the indictment.
A total of 90 charges for fraud schemes
Murdaugh resigned from the law firm in September 2021 after PMPED “discovered that Alex was misappropriating funds in violation of PMPED standards and policies,” the firm said in a statement. That same month, the state Supreme Court issued an order suspending the attorney’s license to practice law in South Carolina. In October, the law firm sued Murdaugh to recover funds it claimed he stole from clients for his personal use, saying Murdaugh “developed a systematic scheme in which he diverted funds owed to the firm and clients to a fictitious entity” for many years. Murdaugh was already facing a number of other charges for alleged financial crimes. “In total, through 18 indictments containing 90 counts against Murdo, the State Grand Jury has indicted Murdo for schemes to defraud victims of $8,789,447.77,” the state attorney general said. Murdaugh was also charged in July with two counts of murder and two counts of possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime in connection with the murders of his wife and son. Margaret “Maggie” Murdaugh, 52, and their son, Paul Murdaugh, 22, were found shot to death on the family’s property in Islandton, about an hour north of Hilton Head Island, on June 7, 2021. Alex Murdaugh called 911 , saying he had just returned home and discovered their bodies. He pleaded not guilty and his lawyers said he wanted “everyone to know that he had nothing to do with the murders of Maggie and Paul.” Murdaugh wants the trial to begin quickly, his attorney previously said, because he believes his wife and son “the killer or killers are still at large.”
