COLUMBIA, S.C.—A grand jury has indicted the former CEO of a South Carolina bank on charges of conspiring with once-prominent, now- suspended attorney Alex Murdaugh to defraud victims—including the family of a deaf man who became quadriplegic after a car crash — of $1.8 million.
Russell Laffitte, who headed Palmetto State Bank until he was fired earlier this year, now faces 21 charges of fraud, conspiracy, and computer crimes, state police announced Wednesday.
The charges build upon a scheme authorities say Murdaugh concocted to steal nearly $8.5 million in insurance settlement and other money from clients and other victims, including the sons of Murdaugh’s dead housekeeper and a state trooper.
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