Alex Murdaugh sentenced to 40 years for financial crimes

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Alex Murdaugh is already serving two life sentences for killing his wife and son on their South Carolina estate, but he’s still in court over his financial crimes.

Convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh was sentenced in federal court to 40 years in prison for nearly two dozen financial crimes, theThose stolen settlements were meant for clients that include a quadriplegic man’s family and the family of the housekeeper who helped raise Murdaugh’s children.

Murdaugh was convicted last year of killing wife Maggie Murdaugh, 52, and son Paul Murdaugh, 22. They were shot June 7, 2021, on the family’s 1,772-acre rural Islandton hunting estate known in the Lowcountry as “in early 2023. The story was seemingly made to capture attention: the downfall of a wealthy and powerful Southern family that also had the true-crime elements that engage a seemingly insatiable audience.

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson and prosecutor Creighton Waters praised the legal process after Alex Murdaugh received a guilty verdict on March 2.

 

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