Alex Murdaugh’s personal banker was sentenced to 7 years in federal prison on Friday for his role in the convicted murderer’s multi-million fraud schemes. US District Court Judge Mark Gergel’s sentence was less than the prosecution sought, and more than the defense sought. Gergel said that witnesses on Russell Laffitte’s behalf said “a lot about …
A federal judge said that convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh “is manifestly not a credible witness” in a ruling denying a new trial for former Murdaugh banker Russell Laffitte, who was convicted last year of conspiring with Murdaugh to misappropriate bank funds, part of the dozens of financial fraud charges Murdaugh still faces. Laffitte has not …
A member of another storied South Carolina family lost his job at the family business on Friday after his name surfaced in the ever-broadening investigations into the affairs of disgraced attorney Alex Murdaugh. The board of directors of Palmetto State Bank fired CEO Russell Laffitte after subopoenas from the South Carolina Supreme Court’s Office of …
