A Missouri woman who hatched an audacious plan to sell Elvis Presley’s Graceland estate has been sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison. Lisa Jeanine Findley, 54, received a four-year, nine-month sentence on Tuesday, Sept. 23, in a Memphis federal courtroom after pleading guilty earlier this year to mail fraud charges connected to the bizarre scheme.

Findley, who prosecutors described as a career con artist, declined to make a statement at her sentencing.

The plot revolved around Elvis Presley’s famous Memphis mansion, which has operated as a museum and pilgrimage site for fans since 1982. Prosecutors said Findley attempted to create fraudulent documents suggesting Lisa Marie Presley, Elvis’ only daughter, who died in January 2023, had borrowed $3.8 million from a company called “Naussany Investments.” According to the fabricated paperwork, Lisa Marie had allegedly put up Graceland’s deed as collateral for the loan.

Findley then posed as an individual named “Kurt Naussany,” using forged letters to demand repayment from attorneys representing Lisa Marie’s daughter, actress Riley Keough. If the debt wasn’t settled, the letters claimed, Graceland would be seized and sold.

The ruse escalated in May 2024 when Naussany Investments began promoting a foreclosure sale of the estate. That announcement prompted Keough to file a lawsuit, calling the loan documents fraudulent.

On May 22 just one day before the scheduled auction, a Tennessee judge blocked the foreclosure. In court filings, Keough described the foreclosure attempt as “fraudulent” and an effort to exploit her family’s grief.

The drama unfolded only months after Keough and her grandmother, Priscilla Presley, resolved their own legal dispute over control of Lisa Marie’s estate. The timing intensified public scrutiny around the attempted sale of one of America’s most famous homes.

Federal investigators eventually traced the scheme back to Findley. She was arrested in August 2024 on charges of mail fraud and identity theft. By then, her name had already surfaced in investigative reporting by NBC News, which described her as a repeat offender with a history of scams, including forged checks, bank fraud, and romance cons.

Findley had previously served time in both state and federal prison. Despite her criminal record, she told reporters at the time that she herself was the victim of identity theft, a claim federal prosecutors dismissed.

In February 2025, Findley pleaded guilty to the mail fraud count. In exchange, prosecutors dropped the separate identity theft charge. At Tuesday’s sentencing hearing, Findley’s public defender, Tyrone Taylor, urged the court to show leniency. He argued that Presley’s estate did not suffer financial losses and insisted the scheme was unlikely to succeed. He characterized it as “a concocted idea” with little real-world chance of depriving the Presley family of their iconic property.

Prosecutors countered that the plan was far from amateurish. They emphasized the forged documents, impersonations, and calculated pressure campaign as signs of a deliberate and sophisticated attempt to defraud the estate.

The judge ultimately agreed with the prosecution, calling the effort “a highly sophisticated scheme to defraud.” He added that had the plot succeeded, it would have represented “a travesty of justice.” With the case now resolved, Presley’s estate remains under the control of Riley Keough. The 34-year-old actress inherited Graceland following her mother’s death and has vowed to protect the landmark, which continues to draw fans from around the world.

As for Findley, her latest conviction adds to a long criminal record stretching back decades. While she escaped with a lighter sentence than the maximum allowed, the court’s decision underscores the seriousness of tampering with one of the most recognizable cultural landmarks in the United States.