The Chrisleys Have Been Sentenced — How Did They Get Caught?

Nov. 22 2022, Published 10:27 a.m. ET

Following their conviction in June 2022, Todd and Julie Chrisley have now been sentenced to twelve years and seven years in jail, respectively. The news that they have actually been sentenced has led many to wonder how the couple were given caught for the quite a lot of counts of fraud that they were accused of committing.

As it turns out, they didn't have a very good excuse for their habits. Keep reading for all the details on the case.

How did the Chrisleys get caught?

The Chrisleys, who have been perfect known for his or her reality sequence Chrisley Knows Best, were accused by the federal executive of exaggerating their profits to banks in an effort to receive more than $30 million in loans. The actual tale of how they have been caught remains a bit of of a mystery, but it sort of feels like the government slowly was conscious about the a lot of counts of fraud that the Chrisleys were speculated to have dedicated.

As the govt was acutely aware of further cases of fraud, they likely constructed a case that might cling up in court. As the prosecutors said in a pre-sentencing courtroom filing, the Chrisleys were committing fraud for years, or even decades.

“The jury's unanimous verdict units the report straight: Todd and Julie Chrisley are career swindlers who've made a dwelling through leaping from one fraud scheme to another, mendacity to banks, stiffing distributors, and evading taxes at every corner," the filing said.

During the trial, prosecutors alleged and were eventually able to prove to a jury that the Chrisleys submitted fake documents to banks in order to receive excessive loan sums. Once that scheme fell apart, Todd declared bankruptcy to avoid having to pay back the loans and then lucked out by getting a reality TV show. Once the family started to earn money from the show, they worked hard to hide that money from the IRS.

Todd and Julie Chrisley's grift continued into their investigation.

Prosecutors said that after a grand jury investigation was opened to look into the couple's many apparent crimes, the two began submitting false documents to the grand jury and even managed to convince some of their friends and family to lie in testimony.

“The Chrisleys are unique given the varied and wide-ranging scope of their fraudulent conduct and the extent to which they engaged in fraud and obstructive behavior for a prolonged period of time,” prosecutors said.

Lawyers for the Chrisleys said that the government was never able to prove that they intentionally committed fraud, and said that the sums they were accused of stealing were calculated incorrectly. They urged the judge to give both Todd and Julie shorter sentences than the ones they ultimately received, in part by arguing that the crimes were committed a long time ago and there were people who relied on them for support.

It seems like those arguments weren't ultimately very persuasive, although it remains to be seen how much of their sentences the Chrisleys will wind up actually serving.

The Chrisleys are parents to three children together, including Grayson Chrisley, who used to be not too long ago hospitalized after a serious automobile twist of fate.

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