Convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh pleaded guilty to federal financial crimes on Thursday, marking the first time in two years that he admitted guilt since becoming a nationally known criminal.
Murdaugh pleaded guilty to federal charges after he stole millions of dollars from his clients. The disgraced South Carolina lawyer is already serving two consecutive life sentences without parole for the murders of his wife, Maggie, and his son Paul in June 2021.He insisted he was innocent throughout the highly publicized trial, but prosecutors said Murdaugh killed his family members because his instances of financial misconduct were about to go public.
On Thursday, Murdaugh pleaded guilty to 14 counts of money laundering, five counts of wire fraud, one count of bank fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud, and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Murdaugh told the judge in court on Thursday that he wanted to be held accountable for stealing from his clients and do right by his surviving son, Buster.
According to the plea deal, prosecutors will ask that the federal sentence run concurrently with any prison time that he is serving for state crimes. Murdaugh must also take a lie detector test if asked and pay back the $9 million he is accused of stealing.
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