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A judge has accepted a guilty pleafrom disgraced South Carolina attorneyAlex Murdaughon chargesof fraud and money laundering, according toABC News 4andThe Associated Press.
It also states that Murdaugh “engaged in three different schemes” to get money and property from his clients who were working with him on personal injury cases.
One of the explosive examples of this was claims from his housekeeper’s sons, who have said that theynever receivedan insurance payout with regards to their mother’s death.
Monday’s plea deal states, among other conditions, that Murdaugh will have to comply to any request from the government for a polygraph test, and if he refuses the test or fails it, it would nullify the agreement.
It was also announced on Thursday that Murdaugh is required to assist the government in recovering and tracing “all money, assets, accounts,” ABC News 4 reports.
The agreement further states that if Murdaugh cooperates with the conditions of the deal, “Attorneys for the Government agree to recommend to the Court that the sentence imposed on these charges be served concurrent to any state sentence imposed for the same conduct.”
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On March 2, 2023, hewas found guiltyof murdering his wife Maggie Murdaugh, 52, and son Paul Murdaugh, 22, in June 2021 at the family’s 1,770-acre Islandton, S.C., home.
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source: people.com
