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A Missouri woman agreed to plead guilty to mail fraud on Tuesday for her role in orchestrating what the authorities described as a scheme to defraud Elvis Presley\u2019s heirs by claiming ownership of Graceland, his Memphis home, and threatening to sell it in a foreclosure auction.<\/p>\n
The woman, Lisa Jeanine Findley, of Kimberling City, Mo., will have a count of aggravated identity theft<\/a> dismissed as part of the plea agreement, which was filed in United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.<\/p>\n The mail fraud count carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, but prosecutors said they would recommend a sentence of less than five years. A spokeswoman for the Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A public defender listed in court documents for Ms. Findley also did not respond.<\/p>\n The case involving Ms. Findley burst into the public eye in May, when lawyers for the actress Riley Keough, the granddaughter of Mr. Presley, went to court to stop what they said was a monthslong, fraudulent scheme<\/a> to sell Graceland, which is now a lucrative tourist attraction that draws 600,000 visitors a year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Court papers revealed that the attempt had been made by a company known as Naussany Investments & Private Lending LLC, but exactly who was behind that company remained a mystery for many months. Naussany Investments had claimed in court papers that Mr. Presley\u2019s daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, who died in 2023<\/a>, had borrowed $3.8 million from the company and put Graceland up as collateral.<\/p>\n The company subsequently scheduled a sale of Graceland. But a Tennessee judge blocked the sale<\/a> and the state\u2019s attorney general said his office would look into the situation after no one showed up in court to represent the company.<\/p>\n