The bizarre fraud case investigating an attempt to sell Elvis Presley’s historic Graceland mansion is being kicked up the chain to federal law enforcement. The investigation is taking a turn more than a month after a judge blocked a foreclosure sale of the property, Amy Lannom Wilhite, communications director for Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, told CNN Wednesday. “The Tennessee Attorney General’s Office looked into the Graceland matter, and it quickly became apparent that this was a matter best suited for federal law enforcement,” Lannom Wilhite said.
“We have faith in our federal partners and know they will handle this appropriately.” Actor Riley Keough, who inherited the estate from her mother, the late Lisa Marie Presley , sued an investment and lending company in May after it announced an auction of Graceland. In her lawsuit, Keough said Naussany Investments & Private Lending LLC alleged that Presley had obtained a $3.
8-million loan and “gave a deed of trust encumbering Graceland as security.” Keough denied that Lisa Marie, who died last January at 54, had any involvement with Naussany Investments. Keough asked a Tennessee judge to block the sale and declare Naussany Investments’ deed of trust fraudulent.
She also expressed doubt that Naussany Investments was a “real entity.” Hours after Chancellor JoeDae Jenkins issued a temporary injunction blocking the sale on May 22, a purported representative for Naussany Investments submitted a s.
