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. 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.