Russell Laffitte - Laffitte, who was convicted and sentenced to seven years in federal prison for bank fraud, wire fraud and the misapplication of bank funds, recently saw his guilty verdicts vacated. Charleston, south carolina — russell lucius laffitte, 53, of estill, was sentenced to 7 years in federal prison after being convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Alex murdaugh’s associate russell laffitte has been denied a new trial on charges that he helped the convicted killer and financial fraudster steal millions from his law firm clients. The federal conviction and sentence of alex murdaugh’s alleged fraud accomplice and banker russell laffitte have been reversed by the u. s. 4th circuit court of appeals. Former hampton banker russell laffitte walks down the sidewalk outside of the u. s. District court with his wife susie after his sentencing in charleston on tuesday, aug. Russell laffitte was the banker, the organizer, the one who kept the trains running,” limehouse told the jury. “alex murdaugh was the rainmaker, the one who brought the money in. The rejection of laffitte’s. Russell laffitte, a former bank ceo, helped alex murdaugh, a convicted murderer and attorney, steal over $2 million from clients' legal settlements. He was sentenced to seven. Former hampton banker russell laffitte is awaiting sentencing in charleston's federal courthouse this morning for helping disbarred attorney alex murdaugh steal millions. A federal jury convicted russell laffitte, the former ceo of palmetto state bank whom prosecutors accused of conspiring with lowcountry attorney alex murdaugh on all six. Three judges from the 4th u. s. Circuit court of appeals ruled that the federal judge trying the case made mistakes handing a juror who was dismissed after saying she was. Russell laffitte, heir to a banking dynasty in south carolina's lowcountry, helped murdaugh steal some $2m (£1. 6m) from clients' legal settlements.
Laffitte, who was convicted and sentenced to seven years in federal prison for bank fraud, wire fraud and the misapplication of bank funds, recently saw his guilty verdicts vacated. Charleston, south carolina — russell lucius laffitte, 53, of estill, was sentenced to 7 years in federal prison after being convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Alex murdaugh’s associate russell laffitte has been denied a new trial on charges that he helped the convicted killer and financial fraudster steal millions from his law firm clients. The federal conviction and sentence of alex murdaugh’s alleged fraud accomplice and banker russell laffitte have been reversed by the u. s. 4th circuit court of appeals.