Bond revoked for alleged accomplice in Alex Murdaugh's failed suicide-for-hire plot
A judge revoked bond Thursday for a man accused of involvement in an insurance fraud scheme with prominent South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh.
Curtis Eddie Smith was charged earlier this year with four counts of money laundering, three counts of forgery and criminal conspiracy.
An indictment said Murdaugh gave Smith "hundreds of checks with the common understanding that Smith would convert the checks into cash." The indictment states that over a number of years, the proceeds went to Murdaugh's "benefit with the intent of carrying on and concealing myriad unlawful activities."
Prosecutors asked for the bond revocation Thursday, saying that Smith misrepresented his financial situation and had violated his house arrest conditions. Smith was led away in handcuffs after the judge's decision.
Smith was previously charged in a scheme where Murdaugh allegedly gave Smith a gun and told Smith to shoot him. Investigators said the purpose of the shooting was to let Murdaugh's son collect a life insurance policy worth up to $10 million.
The shooting happened after Murdaugh's wife and his other son were killed in a shooting near their home. Murdaugh has since been charged with murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime in their deaths.
