New RICO lawsuit to name Alex Murdaugh, Russell Laffitte, Palmetto State Bank and PMPED
A Mexican citizen that has previously filed a civil suit against confessed fraudster and disbarred attorney Alex Murdaugh and convicted former banker Russell Laffitte, et al, is now seeking to amend that pending suit to include Civil RICO racketeering allegations.
On Oct. 7, 2022, Manuel Santiz-Cristiani, a citizen of Chiapas, Mexico, who had been working in the United States,
filed a civil suit in Hampton County Court of Common Pleas against Murdaugh, Laffitte and other parties as part of the disgraced duo's
decade-long, multiple victim, multiple-county financial crime spree.
The suit alleged that Murdaugh and other attorneys at the Peters Murdaugh Parker Eltzroth & Detrick (PMPED) law firm (now Parker Law Group) represented Santiz-Cristiani in a 2011 products liability case that resulted in a settlement which was never paid to the foreign citizen, but was stolen by Murdaugh along with more than $8 million from other clients.
On Tuesday, Aug. 8, Santiz-Cristiani's Orangeburg, S.C., attorneys, Glenn Walters Sr. and Korey Williams, filed a motion to amend that original lawsuit to assert an additional claim for Civil RICO (Racketeer Influence and Corrupt Organizations).
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The motion references recent developments in criminal courts, such as
Murdaugh's March 2023 conviction for killing his wife and child in connection with his financial crimes, and
Laffitte's fraud convictions in federal court.
The court filing further claims that Murdaugh and Laffitte "were operating a powerful, fraudulent criminal scheme that stole millions of dollars from injured clients, starting as early as 2011 or 2013."
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New RICO lawsuit to name Alex Murdaugh, Russell Laffitte, Palmetto State Bank and PMPED