
South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh faces several new charges
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South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson on Friday announced several new indictments totaling 27 counts against disgraced South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh.
"Altogether, Murdaugh is charged with respect to alleged schemes to defraud victims and thereafter launder $4,853,488.09," Wilson's office said Friday.
Last week, Murdaugh, 63, pleaded the fifth, refusing to incriminate himself in a lawsuit alleging he embezzled millions from a prominent law firm founded by his great-grandfather. He is currently in custody at Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center.
The complaint filed on Nov. 12 on behalf of Peters, Murdaugh, Parker, Eltzroth & Detrick, P.A., (PMPED) alleges Murdaugh was converting client and law firm money to his own personal use via a fraudulent Bank of America account without authorization.