COLUMBIA, S.C. — A state grand jury on Thursday indicted disgraced South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh on a new array of financial crimes.
The four new indictments accuse Murdaugh of schemes to defraud victims of $2,273,959.98. He faces 19 new counts of breach of trust with fraudulent intent, and four counts of computer crimes.
Murdaugh, 53, a fourth-generation member of a prominent Lowcountry legal dynasty, was already facing 48 counts alleging he stole $6.2 million from clients, associates or his former law firm.