A Missouri Woman’s Plot to Claim Ownership of Graceland
A woman from Missouri has been sentenced to over four years of incarceration following her audacious scheme to usurp ownership of Graceland, the famed estate of Elvis Presley. According to NBC News, 54-year-old Lisa Jeanine Findley orchestrated a fraud, presenting herself as an investor with entitlements to the iconic property.
Annually, Graceland draws in upwards of 600,000 visitors. It was the residence of Elvis Presley up until his demise in 1977.
Following Elvis’s death, his former wife, Priscilla Presley, opted to transform their home into a museum and a historical site rather than liquidating it to settle substantial debts. The estate was opened to the public in 1982.
The Intricate Deception to Seize Graceland
Under the guise of a fictitious persona, Kurt Naussany, an executive of a non-existent firm, Findley initiated contact with attorneys representing Elvis’s granddaughter, actress Riley Keough. Keough had inherited Graceland as the sole trustee after the passing of her mother, Lisa Marie Presley. Findley’s fraudulent activities began in July 2023.
Assuming the identity of Naussany, Findley falsely claimed a $3.8 million loan secured by Lisa Marie Presley in 2018, using Graceland as collateral. Her sham corporation, Naussany Investments, wrongly filed legal claims to the property, proposing to auction it off in a foreclosure sale. The entire narrative was fabricated.
The documents related to this supposed loan were counterfeited, including all signatures. Despite the bogus nature of the documents, the legal proceedings continued until May 2024. At that point, Keough legally contested the foreclosure, labeling it as fraudulent, and a judge subsequently halted the proceedings.
Meanwhile, NBC News along with other news entities were misled by emails from an individual claiming to represent Findley’s fictitious company, asserting they were identity thieves from West Africa. This led NBC News to conduct an investigation that ultimately traced back to Findley, a grandmother with a long history of engaging in romantic deceptions, forging checks, and committing bank fraud.
Prior to initiating the Graceland scam, Findley had relocated to southwest Missouri from Oklahoma. When confronted by an NBC News journalist at her residence in the summer of 2024, she denied any involvement in the scam, alleging her identity had been stolen.
Following the investigative efforts of NBC News, Findley was apprehended and faced charges related to mail fraud and aggravated identity theft linked to the Graceland case. In February 2025, she accepted a plea bargain.
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