Alex Murdaugh pleads not guilty to swindling dead housekeeper's family, other crimes
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Convicted killer Alex Murdaugh pleaded not guilty in federal court Wednesday to fresh indictments stemming from his alleged theft of $4 million from his former housekeeper's estate.
The federal indictments handed down last week also mirror other state financial crimes charges spanning indictments that accuse the disgraced attorney of stealing nearly $9 million from his former law firm, vulnerable clients and the IRS since at least 2005. Rebecca Rosenberg is a veteran journalist and book author with a focus on crime and criminal justice. Email tips to rebecca.rosenberg@fox.com and @ReRosenberg.
His lawyers said that Murdaugh, who turned 55 in his prison cell last week, is cooperating with federal prosecutors, and they anticipate that the case will be "quickly resolved without a trial."
