Alex Murdaugh’s friend and fraud accomplice wins appeal to toss his federal conviction - Russell Laffitte will face a new trial on the same charges after his release from a Florida pentitentiary

The banker who prosecutors say helped Alex Murdaugh move millions of dollars around to avoid detection of his thefts in exchange for a share of the money has had his conviction and seven-year prison s

The removal of a juror during jury deliberations at his bank fraud trail violated Hampton County banker Russell Laffitte’s right to an impartial jury, a 4th Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled.

Russell Laffitte had been serving a seven-year sentence after being convicted on six counts of bank fraud. His conviction was thrown out on appeal.