Remember when a company called Naussany Investments & Private Lending LLC suspiciously tried to sell Graceland? Now, an "identity thief" has claimed responsibility for the attempted foreclosure and auction of Elvis Presley's mansion, which is now a popular tourist attraction. On May 28, 2024, The New York Times reported that in an email, a person said that he and a group of other people were behind the mysterious foreclosure attempt, which he said was "a scam."
“I had fun figuring this one out and it didn’t succeed very well,” the person who wrote the email wrote, reported The New York Times.
As previously reported, the foreclosure attempt was stopped by Shelby County Chancellor JoeDae Jenkins. Elvis' granddaughter Riley Keough filed a lawsuit to stop the sale, alleging that Naussany Investments & Private Lending LLC's documents were fraudulent.
The company claimed that it loaned $3.8 million to the late Lisa Marie Presley, and said Lisa Marie had used Graceland as collateral for the loan. Lisa Marie, Elvis' daughter, died in January 2023.
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Riley’s lawsuit claimed that Lisa Marie "never borrowed money from Naussany Investments and never gave a deed of trust to Naussany Investments," reported the Associated Press.
The company involved in the attempted foreclosure, Naussany Investments & Private Lending LLC, has remained a mystery. The New York Times reported that the "identity thief" mentioned in its recent report was from the same email address listed by the company in a legal filing.
According to the outlet, the person writing the email claimed to be located in Nigeria and wrote the email in Luganda, a Bantu language spoken in the African Great Lakes region.
In the New York Times report, the person was described as "a ring leader on the dark web." The group he works with specifically targets vulnerable populations, including the elderly, according to the report.
The writer of the email admitted that Riley "beat [him] at [his] own game," according to The New York Times.
Previously, Graceland and Elvis Presley Enterprises spoke out about the attempted foreclosure in a statement shared with People. "As the court has now made clear, there was no validity to the claims," the statement said.
"There will be no foreclosure," the statement continued. "Graceland will continue to operate as it has for the past 42 years, ensuring that Elvis fans from around the world can continue to have a best in class experience when visiting his iconic home.”
