Alex & Me by Irene M. Pepperberg5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The indictment alleges Murdaugh gave Smith hundreds of checks over a number of years totaling about $2.4 million. ![]() In June 2022, Murdaugh and former acquaintance Curtis Smith were indicted on two counts of criminal conspiracy by a state grand jury, according to the attorney general.In October 2021, the law firm sued Murdaugh to recover funds it alleged he stole from clients for his own personal use, saying Murdaugh “developed a systematic scheme in which he diverted funds owed to the firm and to clients to a fictitious entity” for many years. That same month, the state’s Supreme Court issued an order suspending his license to practice law in South Carolina. Murdaugh resigned from the PMPED (Peters, Murdaugh, Parker, Eltzroth, and Detrick) law firm in September 2021 after “the discovery by PMPED that Alex misappropriated funds in violation of PMPED standards and policies,” the firm said in a statement. ![]() And in December, the attorney general's office said Murdaugh had been indicted for tax evasion for failing to report almost $7 million of income earned through illegal acts, for which he allegedly owes the state almost $500,000.
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