More Murdaugh: Alex Murdaugh's Old Law Firm Alleges He Stole From Clients for Years

[Jilly_in_VA]

Alex Murdaugh, the once prominent South Carolina lawyer accused of orchestrating his own murder in a twisted insurance plot, allegedly funneled money from his clients and former law firm into a fake bank account for years, according to a new lawsuit.

Peters, Murdaugh, Parker, Eltzroth, and Detrick (PMPED), the law firm founded a century ago by Murdaugh’s great-grandfather, made the shocking allegation in a suit filed Wednesday in Colleton County court. It alleges that Murdaugh, who was ousted from the firm last month over allegations of theft, “was able to covertly steal these funds by disguising disbursements from settlements as payments” to a fraudulent Bank of America account.

“For several years Murdaugh submitted false documentation to the firm and to clients that allowed him to funnel stolen funds into fraudulent bank accounts,” PMPED said in a Wednesday statement. In addition, the suit states, "Murdaugh, on occasion, used firm assets in an unauthorized manner and without the consent or knowledge of his former partner to further his scheme to defraud.”

The law firm is also seeking information “on where the ill-gotten funds went and if any of it is hidden away” and hopes to recover stolen funds.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/alex-murdaughs-old-law-firm-alleges-he-stole-from-clients-for-years?ref=home
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Oh what a tangled web we weave/ When first we practice to deceive

[Tomconroy]

1. It seems like way too much money just to support a drug habit.

A woman? Bad investments? Gambling?

[Jilly_in_VA]

2. Maybe we'll find out

in the Pandora Papers?

[Blue_true]

12. Can't rule out lavish trips to visit an Argentine mistress.

It happened before to a lesser extent.

[Demovictory9]

3. bigger question did he kill his wife and son?

[Jilly_in_VA]

4. I think he did

Or had someone do it. But maybe the other kid did. As tfg was fond of saying, "We'll see."

[Demovictory9]

6. Me too..and got away with it

[Jilly_in_VA]

7. Up until now..... n/t

[Blue_true]

11. The other kids seems like a straight arrow, last I read. nt

[Tomconroy]

5. Did she find out something? Was the kid just an unfortunate

Witness? Two different weapons: two different shooters? Hired hit men?

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

8. Their housekeeper also died under suspicious circumstances.

[choie]

9. Supposedly his wife got a divorce lawyer

and she (the wife) was poking around his assets.

[Blue_true]

10. I haven't followed that story.

Has the South Carolina State police identified suspects in his wife’s and son’s murders?

[Tomconroy]

13. None that have been announced.

[Blue_true]

14. That is strange. Such high profile murders. nt