More charges have been filed by the state against an embroiled attorney and new charges have been brought against his associate. The State Attorney General's Office has announced new indictments against once prominent attorney Alex Murdaugh and his former running mate, Curtis Edward Smith.
Both men were indicted by a State Grand Jury Tuesday on two counts of Narcotics Conspiracy related to Oxycodone. Smith also was indicted on charges of Money Laundering, Forgery, Trafficking Meth, Possession Of a Controlled Substance and Marijuana Possession.
Smith had not been previously indicted by a State Grand Jury, but was indicted last November by a Grand Jury in Hampton County. The charges in that indictment stem from his alleged involvement in a murder-for-hire and insurance fraud scheme allegedly orchestrated by Murdaugh.
The AG's Office says, Murdaugh wrote over 2 million dollars worth of checks to Smith over an 8 year period. This now makes 16 indictments and a total of 81 charges against Murdaugh, who's accused of swindling his victims out of a total of nearly 8.5 million dollars. "