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Coverage dated November 18, 2021

Alex Murdaugh faces 27 new charges, stole from dead housekeeper, state trooper: prosecutors

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Alex Murdaugh allegedly stole nearly $3.5 million meant as settlement for the sons of his housekeeper who died from a fall in their home in 2019.

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  1. Richmond Times-Dispatch

    New indictments: Alex Murdaugh stole almost $5 million (opens Richmond Times-Dispatch)

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    COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh was indicted Friday on 27 additional charges, with prosecutors saying he stole nearly $5 million in settlement money he had obtained

  2. Newsweek

    Alex Murdaugh faces 27 new charges, stole from dead housekeeper, state trooper: prosecutors (opens Newsweek)

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    Alex Murdaugh allegedly stole nearly $3.5 million meant as settlement for the sons of his housekeeper who died from a fall in their home in 2019.

  3. Washington Times

    Alex Murdaugh indicted on 27 new charges (opens Washington Times)

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    South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh was indicted Friday on 27 additional charges, with prosecutors saying he stole nearly $5 million in settlement money he had obtained for his dead housekeeper, an injured state trooper and other people and fees meant for his law firm.

  4. CNN

    Attorney Alex Murdaugh indicted on two dozen financial crimes (opens CNN)

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    Suspended South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh has been indicted on more than two dozen new financial crimes by a state grand jury, which alleged schemes to "defraud victims of and thereafter launder" nearly $5 million in five different counties.

  5. WCNC

    Alex Murdaugh indicted on 27 counts by state grand jury (opens WCNC)

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    The storied South Carolina attorney is now facing charges related to the alleged defrauding of victims and laundering of more than $4.8 million.

  6. Fox News

    South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh faces several new charges (opens Fox News)

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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.

  7. Forbes

    Alex Murdaugh Indicted On Dozens Of Money Laundering, Fraud Charges (opens Forbes)

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    The South Carolina lawyer already faces charges for allegedly orchestrating a plot to have himself murdered, and for allegedly swindling millions of dollars out of his former housekeeper’s wrongful death settlement.

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