Eric Bland and Ronnie Richter of the Bland Richter Law Firm today released the following statement regarding the indictments of Alex Murdaugh and Cory Fleming:
“Today has been a great day for justice in South Carolina related to the ongoing criminal investigations into Alex Murdaugh and Cory Fleming. A new federal grand jury indictment was unsealed today charging Alex Murdaugh with 22 new financial crimes, many of which stem from the theft of settlement funds from the Satterfield family and our other clients the Plyler sisters.
At the same time, it has been revealed that Cory Fleming was indicted for and has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, also flowing from his involvement in the theft of the Satterfield settlement funds. More importantly, Mr. Fleming has agreed to provide cooperation to the federal authorities, and Dick Harpootlian has indicated that Alex Murdaugh has been cooperating with the United States investigation for some time.
This cooperation and the fruit it yields will be interesting. The United States will likely be aided greatly in its prosecution of Alex Murdaugh by the recent filings that Murdaugh has entered in the United States District Court related to the Nautilus lawsuit in which Murdaugh admits that he deposited the Satterfield settlement funds into his fake Forge account at Bank of America. In the same federal filing, Murdaugh admits having confessed judgment to the Satterfield boys for $4,305,000.00, but neglects to advance the theory that the confession is somehow invalid because of his fraud, drugs, duress and/or other reasons that he advanced on a separate front through his State court Motion for Relief from Judgment filed just 15 days later.
While it is said that Lady Justice is blind, she is not a sucker. Bottom Line—Can’t run or hide from justice.”
Bland and Richter are the attorneys for Tony Satterfield, Brian Harriott, and the Estate of Gloria Satterfield.
