Alleged Elvis Graceland auction fraud attracts attention of ‘interested’ FBI officials: reports

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By Nika Shakhnazarova

They can’t continue to have suspicious minds.

The auction fraud scandal surrounding Elvis Presley’s iconic Graceland mansion has caught the attention of “interested” FBI officials, according to a report.

FBI agents have contacted Presley’s granddaughter Riley Keough’s camp about a possible criminal investigation, TMZ reports.

The outlet added that the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation was also contacted and those involved believed they knew who was behind the fraudulent auction.

The Post has contacted the Federal Bureau of Investigation for comment.

A Memphis judge on Wednesday halted a proposed foreclosure sale of the late crooner’s iconic Graceland home over concerns about possible falsification of legal documents.

Chancellor JoeDae Jenkins has ruled that the historic Tennessee property should remain in the hands of the Presley family after questioning documents that ordered them to turn it over to an investment company.

Earlier this week, Naussany Investments and Private Lending LLC claimed the right to auction off Graceland, voted America’s Most Popular Museum in 2023.

They set a public auction for Thursday to sell the property to the “highest and highest bidder,” according to the foreclosure notice.

The company’s claim to the property says it loaned $3.8 million to Lisa Marie Presley — Elvis’ only daughter — and offered Graceland as collateral before her death in January 2023.

A lawsuit filed Monday by Lisa Marie’s eldest daughter and heiress, Riley Keough, 34, said the documents were a fraud, that her mother’s signature was forged on them and that the company itself was a “fake entity.” » created to defraud the estate.

A source told the Post that Keough was “traumatized” by the scandal and “never thought a historic property could even be considered going into the hands of a random stranger.”

The company will now have to prove its claims in court.

Graceland has been a Memphis staple since Elvis purchased the estate in 1957 for $102,500, the same year he released the hits “Blue Christmas” and “All Shook Up.”

Spanning 14 acres, the estate attracts 500,000 visitors a year.

Lisa Marie inherited it after Elvis’ death in 1977 and it was opened to the public as a museum in 1982.

After her death in January 2023, Riley became the heir.