Alex Murdaugh stole mostly from minority, not well off. details about one theft of settlement funds
Friday's indictments include charges for Murdaugh's handling of the aftermath of a wreck that caused a deaf man to end up a quadriplegic. Murdaugh took a $309,000 check he was supposed to give to Hakeem Pinckney's family and instead bought money orders that went to cover money he took from the accounts of other clients, to pay down a loan, and get cash for himself and an unnamed family member, according to the indictment.
Then when Pinckney died in a nursing home from the lingering effects of his injuries, Murdaugh got an additional $89,000 settlement on Pinckney's behalf, but deposited that check in his account without ever telling the man's family, prosecutors said.
The lawyer for the Pinckney family said the transactions are complex and hard to follow and even more money may have been stolen.
Pinckney was Black, and most of the people Murdaugh stole from were like him—minorities and not well off, family attorney Justin Bamberg said. "Alex gave them just enough money so they would drop on their knees and say ‘thank you, Jesus’ and took the rest," Bamberg said. Another indictment Friday details how starting in 2013, Murdaugh collected 14 settlement checks totaling more than $1.3 million for a man whose wife died in a wreck and stole all the money for himself.
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