SC‘There’s No Bottom To Him’: Unpacking Alex Murdaugh’s Latest Charges
“Alex Murdaugh is a really, really, really bad person.”
‘There’s No Bottom To Him’: Unpacking Alex Murdaugh’s Latest Charges
“I absolutely believe that before this is over that the federal government will bring charges,” Bland said. “But I do believe he’s going to get charged with a whole host of mail fraud, wire fraud, bank fraud, money laundering, conspiracy to commit fraud and failure to file income taxes.”
“I don’t think he’s gonna be the only one,” I don’t believe that, that they’re not looking at others and potentially people at the bank and his law firm and everywhere else I think everything is on the table. I think Alex is going to squeal like a stuck pig. I think that’s the only currency he has left.”
Documents filed this week show how Westendorf — and Palmetto State Bank — allegedly played important roles in the scheme. As a personal representative of an estate, Westendorf was in charge of managing the money of the estate and distributing the checks from the settlement. He was also obligated to fulfill his duties as an officer of the court. Westendorf is the vice of Palmetto State Bank and president of the Independent Banks of South Carolina.
“Hopefully, we’ll be able to persuade — with the power of the people — that Palmetto State Bank to disassociate from Chad Westendorf and Independent Banks of South Carolina needs to do that as well.”
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