S1E14: To Catch A Thief
The Murdaugh Murders, Money & Mystery | Criminally Obsessed
Anne Emerson, Charlie Condon, Drew Tripp, Daniel Michener, Maxwell Harrison
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2022
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
The scope and scheme of Alex Murdaugh's alleged multi-million dollar fraud becomes clearer with each new criminal charge against him.
It now appears Murdaugh didn't work alone, being helped for years by two accomplices: longtime friend and fellow lawyer Cory Fleming, along with business associate and Hampton banker Russell Laffitte.
A question top of mind to many who've followed the Murdaugh case is why these men — ostensibly wealthy already — would resort to the level of thievery and deceit they're accused of by the state grand jury.
For answers, we went to private investigator Frank Worrell, a forensic accountant who worked in the past for the U.S. Treasury and FBI investigating crimes in the financial sector.
Worrell's resume includes crimes involving securities trading and various financial fraud cases — including the Ponzi scheme by notorious South Carolina con-man Al Parish.
Read more about the Murdaugh case: ABCNews4.com/Murdaugh
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Anne Emerson - Host, Writer, Producer
Drew Tripp - Executive Producer
Daniel Michener - Producer, Engineer
Maxwell Harrison - Original Music
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Joe Thomas - Voiceover Contributor
Patrick Emerson - Voiceover Contributor
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| 0:27.6 | on the go. |
| 0:35.1 | We're following a developing story, this one out of Colleton County, 41-47, Moselle |
| 0:40.9 | Road. |
| 0:41.9 | I'll get up to it now. |
| 0:42.9 | It's fast. |
| 0:43.9 | Double homicide involving a mother and son, both deaths resulting from apparent gunshot |
| 0:48.2 | wounds. |
| 0:49.2 | In this town, nobody questioned the Murdox for a hundred years. |
| 0:53.0 | You know, powerful people make powerful enemies. |
| 0:55.8 | You commit a murder in the 14th Circuit, the OGV going to death or a high. |
| 1:00.3 | From the studios of WCIV, ABC News 4 in Charleston, this is the podcast unsolved South Carolina. |
| 1:07.4 | Case file number one, the Murdox. |
| 1:14.0 | Sometimes their reputation is so good, so above any type of suspicion, they have everything |
| 1:24.7 | to lose. |
| 1:25.7 | Remember that a lot. |
| 1:26.7 | Well, why would he do it? |
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