A South Carolina judge called Alex Murdaugh a 'serial liar' in his order denying a new trial for ex-Palmetto State Bank CEO and convicted Murdaugh accomplice Russell Laffitte.
to divert attention from his 99 financial crimes charges stemming from 19 separate indictments and totaling nearly $9 million. He is accused of embezzling money from his family's generations-old personal injury law firm and its clients.A court determined in November 2022 that Laffitte helped Murdaugh steal those funds, though Laffittte maintains his innocence.
While an initial indictment charging Laffitte did not mention Murdaugh by name, it said the former bank CEO collected nearly $392,000 in fees for serving as a personal representative for the six clients of a"personal injury attorney at a law firm in Hampton, South Carolina," according to a July press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office, District of South Carolina.
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