After a dizzying fraudulent try to take management of the one-time dwelling of Elvis Presley, the Tennessee Legal professional Normal’s Workplace is handing the Graceland case over to federal investigators.
In Might, a mysterious firm often called Naussany Investments got here near promoting the Memphis dwelling at public sale after allegedly defrauding the household and falsely claiming that Lisa Marie Presley, the daughter of Elvis, took a mortgage in opposition to the property that she didn’t pay.
Lisa Marie’s daughter, Riley Keough, refuted Naussany’s declare and said in court docket that the corporate appeared to be non-existent, with no cellphone quantity or tackle on report. Keough, the trustee of the Presley property, efficiently fought off the weird try to steal the property from beneath her.
A Shelby County choose curbed the flowery scheme final month, putting an injunction on the property sale as Tennessee Legal professional Normal Jonathan Skrmetti launched an investigation into the fraud behind it. However his workplace modified its tune on Wednesday, handing over the investigation to the federal authorities after Naussany Investments laid off its declare to the property.
“The Tennessee Legal professional Normal’s Workplace seemed into the Graceland matter, and it shortly grew to become obvious that this was a matter finest fitted to federal regulation enforcement. We place confidence in our federal companions and know they may deal with this appropriately,” an announcement from spokesperson Amy Lannom Wilhite to CNN learn.
It’s unclear which company is taking the buck, with the Division of Justice and FBI declining to remark to a number of information companies.