This witness is the epitome of what a witness should be; prepared, poised, direct, and professional. Her courage, and it takes an enormous amount of courage to "take on" the "old boys club", is admirable!
She was just trustworthy, that's her only crime. From a manipulative, narcissistic lying piece a 💩.. we're all guilty of trusting someone we shouldn't of.
She may be a good witness but she is a sorry ass bookkeeper. Alex hoodwinked her out of millions over a lot of years and she never had a clue until Alex’s paralegal tipped her off.
@@jaxcrax9644You have no idea what you are talking about. The fact he set up fake clearing places with fake accts. through a legit named corp. they did business with all the time was a coup. In a law office due to fluctuating income depending on lawsuits and clearing all liens etc. it is easy to do. When clients are lied to from a supposed tried & true family of atty's it is easy again to reroute the funds and set up paperwork to look legit. The fam. has been running the show for decades. Powerful never questioned,his partners trusted him. His kids both got away with killing ppl. due to family connections & reputation. As an atty. he took an oath to tell the truth in dealings with the court & clients. He chose not to thinking his fam. name would carry more weight. When you rip ppl. off (and it's easy to do)the more you get away with the more you push the plan. He feared no one for any reason. This is not straight add & divide math. She did a great job. She had no reason not to trust him. She also knew his other fam. that worked with this group believed anything he said. As a nurse for 46 yrs. I have taken care of every kind of person from all walks of life. As a military wife for 15 yrs we lived all over US & overseas. I have seen powerful ppl. in action and ppl. would never question anything as they knew what consequences could be. Even in the military the ppl. dealing with payroll etc. got away with a-lot. They had simple math and still managed to keep two ledgers one real one fake. It happens all the time. Eventually most are caught after yrs. of stealing. Doesn't deter them from continuing no matter the consequences. Add in the thrill of deceiving and getting away with it. A sociopath like Alex enjoyed every minute of it. In a town/location where a family had tight control over everything to include being DA's charging crimes on innocent ppl. and they went to prison you better be 100% sure you can prove every single action of wrong doing. Even then they may shut you down. Liars manipulate others daily. He lied but had power to deter any one from coming forward. and calling him on it. His brothers,father,uncles etc. all powerful and make things & ppl. go away all the time. Just saying it is not an easy to catch crime either.
Omg this witness was one of the best witnesses I have ever heard. She spoke the truth and knew the case inside out. She was brilliant. That defence attorney was barking up the wrong tree with her 😂 😂
She's the CFO and office manager and didn't notice that monies were going amiss for years... I wouldn't call her brilliant . She's actually incompetent at her job.
She is a good witness but a sorry bookkeeper. She could have prevented most all of Alex’s crimes if she had caught him in early on and maybe Paul and Maggie and maybe even Mallory would still be alive. I think this woman should be tried as an assessory for everything Alex did.
@@jaxcrax9644 in her shoes would you have checked out your ‘extremely successful’ boss to just make sure he wasn’t doing anything underhand ? Hindsight is a wonderful thing it makes us all perfect.
Unbelievably damaging testimony of ongoing fiduciary crimes and professional betrayal of all involved. The embezzlement amounts collectively are HUGE, multiple millions. This is absolutely part of motive as the discovery of his embezzlement would result in his subsequent disbarment and financial ruin.
And that financial ruin would have led to his family being ostracized socially, especially in a town where they were feared and their power was everything. People who have talked have repeated stated that social climbing was very important to Maggie Murdaugh. And she was already asking questions. Wanting to know why Alex was refinancing their paid for beach house and why he took out the loan as a “remodel” when the house had just totally been remodeled. The defense wants the jury to believe that his financial theft was a mere temporary lapse in judgment. 10.5 million? Over years? And that’s just what they have found.
@@cindyinnew I’d love to know if Maggie knew what kind man she was married to. If he could do these big misdeeds, how did he conduct himself on the daily? Was he embarrassing when they went out to dinner? Did he throw his power around and act better then anyone else? At the end of the day she is a victim but I’m interested to know if she was aware of his evilness.
@@karenbeee4568 if you listen to the Murdaugh Murders Podcast, then you’ve heard many people speak who actually knew this family. Very few people will speak highly of Maggie, Paul of Alex. Few are not scared to speak up, but some have and it doesn’t paint a pretty pic. They all threw their weight around and let everyone know that they felt they were above the law, privileged and better than others.
Wow..just wow…can I say this lady is on her game…and what a colossal betrayal of victims and families and his colleagues, never mind his own wife and children
@@CMJames yep. Look how naive people still are. How many times do we have to repeat this? THEY WERE ALL IN IT TOGETHER AS A CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY. Dozens of good ole boys and girls will be indicted, arrested, and punished for years! Just like the Gambino
Why? Coz she finally looked into things they should have been checking for years, when someone else mentioned it. After people had died. This company has failed so many people for so long. You set the bar (no pun intended) really low if you think she is on top of her game.
She's just guilty of being to trusting. We've all been guilty of that. Naive, yes. U people forget this man is a master manipulater. Think how much money is going through this firm for it to go unnoticed..he was in a position to do it and he got waaaay to greedy
This CFO had complete lack of financial controls, failed internal audit, and total negligence. YOURE FIRED! She might be a good witness - but horrible on the job, asleep at the wheel.
Alot of people are saying she didn’t notice missing money and was bad at her job. I totally disagree!!!!!!! AM was cleverly covering every misdeed he did. He was always 5 steps ahead of everyone until he wasn’t. And let’s not forget everyone here grew up looking at that family like they were royalty. They were made to think, one misstep towards AM, they’d be fired and never work in this town again. Your name would be mud.
Also she stated they did so much volume and he would wait for what he thought was the right moment, maybe when they were extremely busy to do his crooked deeds.
@@cjk6736 not just south life in general. I worked for mother/daughter team that was set up way before i got there. You couldn’t say a word about either one ( even in your car to yourself lol) someone would tell on you and you’d be reprimanded.
She clearly states she is office manager and CFO. then she has failed at her job. The fact they have no checks and balances to ensure their clients money is protected is criminal. People have been waiting for years for this money and they didn't notice $$$$$$ going amiss. Too busy counting their own money to look at other's.
@@cindyinnew But if money intended for the Firm is going into a faked account, when that deposit does not get credited in the real account , it should set off bells and whistles regardless whether or not the attorneys are partnered or not. That was Firm money that never hit the firms books - someone dropped the ball.
Jeannie is AMAZING!!! One smart lady and she had no time for that bumbling defense team. Murdaugh has got to be one of the most corrupt and evil people I've ever seen...and I would bet other members of his family (dead or alive) do not have clean hands. This is one f'd up family! How anyone stands by this man is beyond me. He hurt so many...like those two boys not receiving proceeds from their mother's death. So many suspicious deaths around this family. Evil.
His son Buster got kicked out of in his first year of law school for plagiarism! Alex spent $60,000 trying to get him back in. They’re all swine. Even Paul should have never been driving that boat when drunk. Their are videos showing that he was totally wasted. A girl lost her life because of it. The Murdaughs even tried to say that it was another kid who was driving. They screw so many people who has contact with them. They are scum.
How can u think she is smart? Please explain. She's the Office Manager and CFO and yet hasn't noticed millions of dollars of clients money going amiss for years....
@@tattiebogle4976 she uncovered his whole mess and got proof. There were money trails miles long & so many schemes going on. She is smart & she explains herself well. You shouldn’t be jealous of a smart person because you are not. Instead, try to work on yourself.
@@tattiebogle4976 she is only guilty of being trustworthy. She probably classed him a friend not just a colleague.. remember he is a manipulative man. Lying Narcissist.. she probably never noticed because of the amount of money that's clearly going through this firm.
She hasn't spoken up for years....she wasn't even the person who uncovered all this and she's the Office Manager and CFO..... she's terrible at her job.
@@tattiebogle4976 She had no reason to suspect Alex and neither did the clients. No one had reported any money missing. Alex had set up a fake account with the exact same name as the settlement company.
it just hit me...wondering if Ms Seckinger is feeling guilty for not catching this thief sooner...its alot money, transactions over years...ssssh what happen to audits
Typical trying to hide money to protect himself and get his son from accepting responsibility for drunk boating and killing young lady then he kills his wife and same son problem solved he thought shame on him and his entitlement stealing people hard earned money also wow definitely a lifetime movie
I’m thinking HBO or Netflix. This story is too big for Lifetime, I think. These two networks have already done documentaries on this family. I think this is the next BIG case…especially with all the moving parts
This woman,Jeanne, has all the details and very direct which is great, HOWEVER, she said in this video that THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR DECADES - THIS meaning Alex M stealing money from the law firm and clients. SO WHY didn’t she catch it sooner?? It was millions of dollars!Apparently she is the CFO. She is also the sister-in-law of Russell Laffitte, who was Alex Murdaugh’s personal banker, and eventually became the court appointed conservator, or custodian, for the settlement money for several of his clients. Russell Laffitte is the former CEO of Palmetto State Bank and Alex’s BFF. So many twists and turns!
She had that job as CFO because of connections. Southerners do not like working with anyone they or their family does not have many generations of the family knowing each other. It is a very closed circle.
I believe he was angry with Paul about the boat accident because the hearing was within a few days so in anger he shot Paul and had to shoot Maggie because she was there.
He could had been a psychopath all the time with all that he had done for years! He is not a good and normal person as everyone around him thought he is! Only his immediate family knows! And with the timeline from discovery of his looting , to the stress of finding ways of returning the money... loosing his job... and loosing his friends... this lead him to be out of control and out of his mind! Other than how cunning he was and is... other than he is a lawyer who has all the knowledge and skills... he knows what to do!! He could have hidden all physical against him b4 calling 911 coz he knows ... Other than it's so impossible that he would be sleeping all along the time when both Maggie and Paul were brutally " SHOT" ... they were not dead with the first shot... Paul was able to move from one place to the door.. and could have called help!!.... Maggie and Paul are the only witnesses on what really happened... other than him!
Why didn’t any of the clients sue the firm for nonpayment. Sounds like a Tom Girardi except he would tell the clients they were going to get the money. Murdaugh didn’t even try give a bogus reason
Don't forget Alex Murdoch is a lawyer. I guess he knows how to play the game and that is going to be his if this was me the average person would be in jail.
It is called the "good ol' boy network" and no one screws with it, if they want a job. Good ol' boys just doing what they do best... screw people who are not part of the boys' game. She was definitely not in the 'network'.
Buster will never be able to steal money from the law firm. He was dismissed from USC Law for plagiarism. Currently he is shacking up with his girlfriend from law school while awaiting his inheritance.
As a CFO of the law firm seems like she was grossly negligent if she didn’t notice millions of dollars being stole from clients / firm . Likely that the firm engaged in thievery also but not on Alex’s level
So, the jury is out of the room?? I mean, all these financial misdeeds scream motive to me! And yet, the jury doesn't hear it?? They sure do things differently in South Carolina! Having future witnesses allowed in the court room?? So they can tailor their testimony to what's been said before? Wow...
The judge will decide if these witnesses & testimony. Everyone believes that the judge will allow it. Then the witnesses come back when the jury is in & the witness will repeat what she is saying here.
When she says, HE DID, HE STOKE IT. The amounts are staggering and HUGE. The guy is a lying SOB , nothing he says can be trusted. Initially I thought poor man but now I'm on the prosecution side.
She was ok but like some say why didn’t she notice it before? Another thing I didn’t like the way she quoted as saying Chris Wilson was noted for his gift of gab? Really…childish statement
Wow! No wonder Alex was able to steal the law firm blind! They can't even get the corrections to the errors correct. Maybe the prosecutor should review all of the firms transactions. He seems to be able to find errors!
Jim Griffin was obviously not prepared and she was aware of everything. How did this go on at the firm for so long? Alex may walk on the murder but his financials have done him in for an extended stay at Club Fed in the future.
I've watched this testimony 3 times now, it's so damn powerful. This testimony & Chris Wilson are so much more effective than anyone else's. The prosecutor should've stopped at the 56-minute mark. It's too much. We would've been fine with a cumulative total of fines/fees stolen from the firm.
Each one of those people/clients/victims should be mentioned. This shows how many people were being screwed over by this company. As CFO and office manager age should have seen this at some time through the years.
@@tattiebogle4976 Alex was a trusted member the firm. He had set up a scheme to steal money from the firm before it even got on their books --for the precise reason that he didn't want anyone to notice.
I think this lady is just guilty of being to trustworthy and Naive. She probably saw AM as more a friend than just a colleague. He is a master manipulater, a master liar. Also the amount of money that is clearly going through this company/firm is huge and he was in a position to do what he did. I think this boating case was going to cost a huge amount of money in compensation, so the son shooting might of happened out of anger and wife "had" to be dealt with..just looking at AM one can see what kind of guy he is,, an over actor, looks for sympathy to be the unnasumed in all things he does. Master Manipulater..
Defense attempts to trip her up she completely shot him down. It seemed he was afraid to ask questions, I almost felt sorry for him. Lol and did he really try and say the clients authorized him stealing their money?
This woman acting so proud of herself for “figuring” these thefts out 20 years later! She must be seriously incompetent in her job…or she was getting kickbacks.
Yes, she is direct and to the point. it is hard to drill down to her job performance because we don't have the particulars of her contract with the law firm. The issues re: payouts from trust funds are the responsibility of attorneys - by law. Even if aware of irregularities, the witness may not have a duty beyond notifying the partners. It would depend on her contract with the firm. She may have reported to a committee of the law firm's executive committee with no duty beyond that. It is a question of what the law firm paid her to do and the chain of command. I don't recall that Jeanne is a CPA. If not, she is not necessarily under the duties of a CPA as a private employee of the law firm. I recall that her credentials were excellent and largely in the form of post graduate academic degrees but seemed to be in the categories of business management, compliance and more senior non-legal aspects of running a large professional business organization. As to possible prior abuses, the issue seems to be that the attorneys had "secret" trust accounts not under supervision of the law firm. Thus, if reports for the individual trust accounts were not required to be given to Jeanne, she would have no way of knowing of irregularities. This back shop accounting system has been going on for years. Finally got burned. Badly.
@@moimeself1088 no way. Oxy isn’t cocaine. No way he spent it on pills. And you don’t get over a 20 yr opioid addiction in a 2 day stint in rehab. That was a joke of a stay. Everyone is different re detox but seriously…20 yrs of addiction that he claims made him steal millions and made him make terrible financial choices for decades? Another lie
She is a great witness but there is one big issue in my mind. She was Chief Financial Officer, HR and office manager of the practice. Where were the checks and balances that protected the business from theft of millions of dollars? There is something very wrong with this picture. Where was the oversight? What is her failure and responsibility?
I love Jeannie 💪. I am so fascinated by her simple breakdown of the accounting for the running of a law firm….& I am SO uninterested in accounting. 🫣. I must add on a lighter note, I just love the beautiful southern accent & southern manners ❤. Perth West Australia 🇦🇺 🇺🇸
THEIR HOUSEKEEPER THAT DIED IN THEIR HOME I WOULD PUSH FOR AN INVESTIGATION ON EXUMING HER BODY FOR A POSSIBLE FINDINGS OF FOWL PLAY.....CIRCUMSTANCES ARE EERIE.....
Ppl keep saying why did he do it. They believe it's the drug use. I think he got off on the thrill of getting caught or not. The drug use didn't need these mass quantity's of stolen money. If the drug addiction was so bad ppl. would have noticed. His entire persona would have changed. We only have his word which is crap about the drugs.
At the end of 2020, if not 2015, it should have been evident the a large amount of firm and client money was gone. That goes unexplained and is irrelevant in the murder trial. The monetary practices of this firm were deeply flawed, with far too many persons having authority over money movement.
Obviously nobody tied their receivable to the parables. Thole in the Cash would have been caught on the weekly roll forward. No way this wasn't caught for years following GAAP. All that money moving without accountability to a spreadsheet? Unbelievable! good old boy accounting practices. Partners that voluntarily put money into the Cash so expenses can be paid? Uh No!
My opinion. This CFO should have also lost her job. How do you go so many years missing such an easy target. She mentions forensic audits in the end but what about yearly audits? Those are typical for companies especially which such large receipts. And the recutting of checks upon demand? Too easy. I realize this is about AM but the accounting dept was apparently asleep at the wheel.
What a PO💩! Those poor families and friends he robbed! Paul and Buster sound like two spoiled rich kids who had a sense of entitlement, but despite that Paul didn't deserve to be murdered! No one will convince me he didn't murder his family. I feel so badly for his wife. Murdered for money.
Jeanne Seckinger cross examination against Alex is considered to have damaged and exposed the deep end of his financial affairs and the ultimate involvements of fraud and murder. The best case I have ever seen and followed: Lawyers vs Lawyers, both speak the same jargon language. The proceedings at its best when legal practitioners face each other in courts. Lets see what will be the verdict of every single allegation and charge. That will be interesting if it trurns out to be politically influenced as he might be equitted based on the interest of National Security. What about the victims and the victims families? Any news about Buster? Was he in any chance assisting his father? How much Buster knows about the fraud and the murders? Buster is in court quite and observing!!!. I have no judgements to pass onto him yet! How innocent and how guilty....
Forge LOL that's a good name for a fake shell company LOL. QUESTION: How could he steal that much money over such a long period of time and no clients complained? I don't understand?
She's the office manager and CFO, who didn't notice hundreds of thousands of dollars going amiss and their clients monies due were not being paid, but she surely knows how much everyone in the company she be getting paid. You would be a fool to hire her. She doesn't do her due diligence.
She is definitely gonna feel better after this, because after all, it happened on her watch and thus was her opportunity to honestly express her disgust towards murdaugh.
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This witness is the epitome of what a witness should be; prepared, poised, direct, and professional. Her courage, and it takes an enormous amount of courage to "take on" the "old boys club", is admirable!
She no nonsense accountant and Chief Financial Officer. One of the current law partners is in the court room. Alex's brother Randy. Well done ma'am.
@@bellesouth3052 she's the CFO but didn't realise hundreds of thousands of dollars were being funnelled out.....
She hasn't taken out the old boys club. Someone else brought it to her attention that monies were going amiss. She didn't notice for years....
She didnt catch this guy stealing millions for years and you call her courageous? Incompetent is what i call her.
She was just trustworthy, that's her only crime. From a manipulative, narcissistic lying piece a 💩.. we're all guilty of trusting someone we shouldn't of.
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It is so appreciated 🙏🏻
This woman is “just the facts, nothing but the facts!” She is a no-nonsense witness. 👏🏽👏🏽
Yet also a warmth in the witness which makes her even more credible.
She may be a good witness but she is a sorry ass bookkeeper. Alex hoodwinked her out of millions over a lot of years and she never had a clue until Alex’s paralegal tipped her off.
@@jaxcrax9644 wow that's true
@@jaxcrax9644You have no idea what you are talking about. The fact he set up fake clearing places with fake accts. through a legit named corp. they did business with all the time was a coup. In a law office due to fluctuating income depending on lawsuits and clearing all liens etc. it is easy to do. When clients are lied to from a supposed tried & true family of atty's it is easy again to reroute the funds and set up paperwork to look legit. The fam. has been running the show for decades. Powerful never questioned,his partners trusted him. His kids both got away with killing ppl. due to family connections & reputation. As an atty. he took an oath to tell the truth in dealings with the court & clients. He chose not to thinking his fam. name would carry more weight. When you rip ppl. off (and it's easy to do)the more you get away with the more you push the plan. He feared no one for any reason. This is not straight add & divide math. She did a great job. She had no reason not to trust him. She also knew his other fam. that worked with this group believed anything he said. As a nurse for 46 yrs. I have taken care of every kind of person from all walks of life. As a military wife for 15 yrs we lived all over US & overseas. I have seen powerful ppl. in action and ppl. would never question anything as they knew what consequences could be. Even in the military the ppl. dealing with payroll etc. got away with a-lot. They had simple math and still managed to keep two ledgers one real one fake. It happens all the time. Eventually most are caught after yrs. of stealing. Doesn't deter them from continuing no matter the consequences. Add in the thrill of deceiving and getting away with it. A sociopath like Alex enjoyed every minute of it. In a town/location where a family had tight control over everything to include being DA's charging crimes on innocent ppl. and they went to prison you better be 100% sure you can prove every single action of wrong doing. Even then they may shut you down. Liars manipulate others daily. He lied but had power to deter any one from coming forward. and calling him on it. His brothers,father,uncles etc. all powerful and make things & ppl. go away all the time. Just saying it is not an easy to catch crime either.
Sargent Joe Friday-Jack Webb, “DRAGNET”
Omg this witness was one of the best witnesses I have ever heard. She spoke the truth and knew the case inside out. She was brilliant. That defence attorney was barking up the wrong tree with her 😂 😂
She's the CFO and office manager and didn't notice that monies were going amiss for years... I wouldn't call her brilliant . She's actually incompetent at her job.
Alex, was Living it up 😂
She is a good witness but a sorry bookkeeper. She could have prevented most all of Alex’s crimes if she had caught him in early on and maybe Paul and Maggie and maybe even Mallory would still be alive. I think this woman should be tried as an assessory for everything Alex did.
@@jaxcrax9644 in her shoes would you have checked out your ‘extremely successful’ boss to just make sure he wasn’t doing anything underhand ? Hindsight is a wonderful thing it makes us all perfect.
“It’s not hearsay if they said it to me.”
Ouch
Sounds good, but I don't think it's legally correct.
She shut the bumbling bumble down with “it’s been looked at by forensic, FBI, and law enforcement!”
It's the textbook definition of hearsay
Unbelievably damaging testimony of ongoing fiduciary crimes and professional betrayal of all involved. The embezzlement amounts collectively are HUGE, multiple millions. This is absolutely part of motive as the discovery of his embezzlement would result in his subsequent disbarment and financial ruin.
And that financial ruin would have led to his family being ostracized socially, especially in a town where they were feared and their power was everything. People who have talked have repeated stated that social climbing was very important to Maggie Murdaugh. And she was already asking questions. Wanting to know why Alex was refinancing their paid for beach house and why he took out the loan as a “remodel” when the house had just totally been remodeled. The defense wants the jury to believe that his financial theft was a mere temporary lapse in judgment. 10.5 million? Over years? And that’s just what they have found.
@@cindyinnew I’d love to know if Maggie knew what kind man she was married to. If he could do these big misdeeds, how did he conduct himself on the daily? Was he embarrassing when they went out to dinner? Did he throw his power around and act better then anyone else? At the end of the day she is a victim but I’m interested to know if she was aware of his evilness.
@@karenbeee4568 if you listen to the Murdaugh Murders Podcast, then you’ve heard many people speak who actually knew this family. Very few people will speak highly of Maggie, Paul of Alex. Few are not scared to speak up, but some have and it doesn’t paint a pretty pic. They all threw their weight around and let everyone know that they felt they were above the law, privileged and better than others.
@@cindyinnew Im going to have to tune into the podcast. Thanks for sharing.
This lady is a credit to her firm and to her profession.
Wow..just wow…can I say this lady is on her game…and what a colossal betrayal of victims and families and his colleagues, never mind his own wife and children
She really isn’t, how did she not know Alex was stealing for years? She knew, and turned a blind eye until the mess hit the fan
@@CMJames yep. Look how naive people still are. How many times do we have to repeat this? THEY WERE ALL IN IT TOGETHER AS A CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY.
Dozens of good ole boys and girls will be indicted, arrested, and punished for years! Just like the Gambino
Her game??? She failed miserably to catch this guy for ten years!
Why? Coz she finally looked into things they should have been checking for years, when someone else mentioned it. After people had died. This company has failed so many people for so long. You set the bar (no pun intended) really low if you think she is on top of her game.
She's just guilty of being to trusting. We've all been guilty of that. Naive, yes. U people forget this man is a master manipulater. Think how much money is going through this firm for it to go unnoticed..he was in a position to do it and he got waaaay to greedy
How did they not find all this earlier?
I know...huh??? Why so long to find it.
This CFO had complete lack of financial controls, failed internal audit, and total negligence. YOURE FIRED! She might be a good witness - but horrible on the job, asleep at the wheel.
Alot of people are saying she didn’t notice missing money and was bad at her job. I totally disagree!!!!!!!
AM was cleverly covering every misdeed he did. He was always 5 steps ahead of everyone until he wasn’t. And let’s not forget everyone here grew up looking at that family like they were royalty. They were made to think, one misstep towards AM, they’d be fired and never work in this town again. Your name would be mud.
Also she stated they did so much volume and he would wait for what he thought was the right moment, maybe when they were extremely busy to do his crooked deeds.
So true. People do not understand how the South works.
@@cjk6736 not just south life in general. I worked for mother/daughter team that was set up way before i got there. You couldn’t say a word about either one ( even in your car to yourself lol) someone would tell on you and you’d be reprimanded.
She clearly states she is office manager and CFO. then she has failed at her job. The fact they have no checks and balances to ensure their clients money is protected is criminal. People have been waiting for years for this money and they didn't notice $$$$$$ going amiss.
Too busy counting their own money to look at other's.
Totally agree with you, why it too her so long to discover the embezzlement 😮
You don’t understand the structure of a firm where the attorneys are contracted instead of partnered
This is an interesting point. They trusted the Murdoch name without question. There should have been another level of protection.
@@cindyinnew But if money intended for the Firm is going into a faked account, when that deposit does not get credited in the real account , it should set off bells and whistles regardless whether or not the attorneys are partnered or not. That was Firm money that never hit the firms books - someone dropped the ball.
I can't get over the amount of people saying she is good..... she's the CFO. Yet money has been funneled out for years and she hasn't noticed....
And large amounts of money...
His partners must be so embarrassed of their own lack of intelligence in this collassol mess. Ruined forever.
Jeannie is AMAZING!!! One smart lady and she had no time for that bumbling defense team. Murdaugh has got to be one of the most corrupt and evil people I've ever seen...and I would bet other members of his family (dead or alive) do not have clean hands. This is one f'd up family! How anyone stands by this man is beyond me. He hurt so many...like those two boys not receiving proceeds from their mother's death. So many suspicious deaths around this family. Evil.
His son Buster got kicked out of in his first year of law school for plagiarism! Alex spent $60,000 trying to get him back in. They’re all swine. Even Paul should have never been driving that boat when drunk. Their are videos showing that he was totally wasted. A girl lost her life because of it. The Murdaughs even tried to say that it was another kid who was driving. They screw so many people who has contact with them. They are scum.
How can u think she is smart? Please explain. She's the Office Manager and CFO and yet hasn't noticed millions of dollars of clients money going amiss for years....
@@tattiebogle4976 she uncovered his whole mess and got proof. There were money trails miles long & so many schemes going on. She is smart & she explains herself well. You shouldn’t be jealous of a smart person because you are not. Instead, try to work on yourself.
@@tattiebogle4976 she is only guilty of being trustworthy. She probably classed him a friend not just a colleague.. remember he is a manipulative man. Lying Narcissist.. she probably never noticed because of the amount of money that's clearly going through this firm.
@@tattiebogle4976 I was thinking that myself! Wow who was running things?! Embezzlement for over a decade should be embarrassing for the whole office!
Oh I forgot this big fancy southern family living large on everyone else's coattails smdh
She is a ROCKSTAR! Very sharp and always love an employee who speaks up to authority.
She hasn't spoken up for years....she wasn't even the person who uncovered all this and she's the Office Manager and CFO..... she's terrible at her job.
@@tattiebogle4976 She had no reason to suspect Alex and neither did the clients. No one had reported any money missing. Alex had set up a fake account with the exact same name as the settlement company.
CFO's have no choice but to speak up.
I've worked in accounting offices and all I am wondering is if it had been going on since 2015, why was it just brought to light in 2021?
If you pay attention, it's answered in the testimony.
Exactly. They weren't doing the correct due diligence as a whole company.
Where are the outside accountants? Tax accountants? Yearly audit accountants??
Thank Cindy for saying this . To me it looks like someone wasn’t doing their job! She actually says 2011😳
it just hit me...wondering if Ms Seckinger is feeling guilty for not catching this thief sooner...its alot money, transactions over years...ssssh what happen to audits
Typical trying to hide money to protect himself and get his son from accepting responsibility for drunk boating and killing young lady then he kills his wife and same son problem solved he thought shame on him and his entitlement stealing people hard earned money also wow definitely a lifetime movie
I’m thinking HBO or Netflix. This story is too big for Lifetime, I think. These two networks have already done documentaries on this family. I think this is the next BIG case…especially with all the moving parts
This is mind blowing stuff. Wow!
His family in attendance, must be SO Proud, listening to all this!
And, he doesn't seem to be ashamed at all.
This woman,Jeanne, has all the details and very direct which is great, HOWEVER, she said in this video that THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR DECADES - THIS meaning Alex M stealing money from the law firm and clients. SO WHY didn’t she catch it sooner?? It was millions of dollars!Apparently she is the CFO. She is also the sister-in-law of Russell Laffitte, who was Alex Murdaugh’s personal banker, and eventually became the court appointed conservator, or custodian, for the settlement money for several of his clients. Russell Laffitte is the former CEO of Palmetto State Bank and Alex’s BFF. So many twists and turns!
She had that job as CFO because of connections. Southerners do not like working with anyone they or their family does not have many generations of the family knowing each other. It is a very closed circle.
She seems sharp but how did she not track the deposits or lack of deposits
I guess the partners of his firm wont see a yearly bonus for years
Major failure on her part not catching this jerk sooner.
I believe he was angry with Paul about the boat accident because the hearing was within a few days so in anger he shot Paul and had to shoot Maggie because she was there.
Yet Alex had specifically asked her to return from their other house on the coast.
@@Karenanneseven he repeatedly insisted she come to Moselle. She told a close friend that she didn’t understand why he was so insistent she be there
It was all planned and Thought out in advance.
He could had been a psychopath all the time with all that he had done for years! He is not a good and normal person as everyone around him thought he is! Only his immediate family knows! And with the timeline from discovery of his looting , to the stress of finding ways of returning the money... loosing his job... and loosing his friends... this lead him to be out of control and out of his mind! Other than how cunning he was and is... other than he is a lawyer who has all the knowledge and skills... he knows what to do!! He could have hidden all physical against him b4 calling 911 coz he knows ... Other than it's so impossible that he would be sleeping all along the time when both Maggie and Paul were brutally " SHOT" ... they were not dead with the first shot... Paul was able to move from one place to the door.. and could have called help!!.... Maggie and Paul are the only witnesses on what really happened... other than him!
Unbelievable the chaos and destruction this man left in his wake. Wow 😮
“History of trust and brotherhood “, but not the responsibility and accountability to their clients. So many people were victims of his greed
Why didn’t any of the clients sue the firm for nonpayment. Sounds like a Tom Girardi except he would tell the clients they were going to get the money. Murdaugh didn’t even try give a bogus reason
Don't forget Alex Murdoch is a lawyer. I guess he knows how to play the game and that is going to be his if this was me the average person would be in jail.
He's not a criminal lawyer.
Civil injury lawyer
It is called the "good ol' boy network" and no one screws with it, if they want a job. Good ol' boys just doing what they do best... screw people who are not part of the boys' game. She was definitely not in the 'network'.
Buster will never be able to steal money from the law firm. He was dismissed from USC Law for plagiarism. Currently he is shacking up with his girlfriend from law school while awaiting his inheritance.
His girlfriend needs to cut bait and run as fast as she can. No future in that relationship, just negatives.
As a CFO of the law firm seems like she was grossly negligent if she didn’t notice millions of dollars being stole from clients / firm . Likely that the firm engaged in thievery also but not on Alex’s level
This judge is probably going what the flying F. AM. weaved quite a tangled web. Lots of Kudos to this lady who figured it out
ANYONE HEAR THE SCREECHING OF THE BUS BACKING UP....GOOD FOR HIM SO MUCH BETRAYEL
This woman is a rock 🌟... Truth ALWAYS is obvious..
So, the jury is out of the room?? I mean, all these financial misdeeds scream motive to me! And yet, the jury doesn't hear it?? They sure do things differently in South Carolina! Having future witnesses allowed in the court room?? So they can tailor their testimony to what's been said before? Wow...
The judge will decide if these witnesses & testimony. Everyone believes that the judge will allow it. Then the witnesses come back when the jury is in & the witness will repeat what she is saying here.
Motion was approved today to include this info
When she says, HE DID, HE STOKE IT. The amounts are staggering and HUGE. The guy is a lying SOB , nothing he says can be trusted. Initially I thought poor man but now I'm on the prosecution side.
Alex’ lawyer seems confused.
Defense lawyers take up sir and time to creat the smallest of problem..What a shitty job..
He sou ds corrupt.
I really like this woman. Strong, smart, confident.
The bean counter is the smartest person in the office her job is to not only be the best at what she does, but to be the best at what you do as well.
She was ok but like some say why didn’t she notice it before? Another thing I didn’t like the way she quoted as saying Chris Wilson was noted for his gift of gab? Really…childish statement
Shows contempt towards Chris Wilson on her part. Figured her and Alec were smarter than him.
Wow! No wonder Alex was able to steal the law firm blind! They can't even get the corrections to the errors correct. Maybe the prosecutor should review all of the firms transactions. He seems to be able to find errors!
this empty suit sold his soul to the devil.....he is another Tom Giardi..
Jim Griffin was obviously not prepared and she was aware of everything. How did this go on at the firm for so long? Alex may walk on the murder but his financials have done him in for an extended stay at Club Fed in the future.
He is ensared by his lies ...
I've watched this testimony 3 times now, it's so damn powerful. This testimony & Chris Wilson are so much more effective than anyone else's.
The prosecutor should've stopped at the 56-minute mark. It's too much. We would've been fine with a cumulative total of fines/fees stolen from the firm.
Each one of those people/clients/victims should be mentioned. This shows how many people were being screwed over by this company. As CFO and office manager age should have seen this at some time through the years.
@@tattiebogle4976 Alex was a trusted member the firm. He had set up a scheme to steal money from the firm before it even got on their books --for the precise reason that he didn't want anyone to notice.
He’s being tried for murder, Why waist time ($) on he’s work behavior?
All the detail may not make great entertainment, but all the detail needs to be put on the record.
@Bill Pamplin this is for educated people. Go mow the yard.
Makes me wonder if he had anything to do with the accident at his home with that young man’s Mom.
Miss Lady you KNOW he did! Wait til they get to the girl who lost her family in accident and Lefitte was conservator. S I C K E N I N G
Not one single objection from S. I was waiting to hear leading and hearsay
I think this lady is just guilty of being to trustworthy and Naive. She probably saw AM as more a friend than just a colleague. He is a master manipulater, a master liar. Also the amount of money that is clearly going through this company/firm is huge and he was in a position to do what he did. I think this boating case was going to cost a huge amount of money in compensation, so the son shooting might of happened out of anger and wife "had" to be dealt with..just looking at AM one can see what kind of guy he is,, an over actor, looks for sympathy to be the unnasumed in all things he does. Master Manipulater..
Defense attempts to trip her up she completely shot him down. It seemed he was afraid to ask questions, I almost felt sorry for him. Lol and did he really try and say the clients authorized him stealing their money?
This woman acting so proud of herself for “figuring” these thefts out 20 years later! She must be seriously incompetent in her job…or she was getting kickbacks.
This woman knows too much on somebody or else she would have been fired as CFO!
God's Love And Blessings To All
If this was over a decade and the clients had to wait years and years for the money didn’t any of them contact the firm to ask where their money was.
In the South people are old fashioned in that they trust each other.
Yes, she is direct and to the point. it is hard to drill down to her job performance because we don't have the particulars of her contract with the law firm. The issues re: payouts from trust funds are the responsibility of attorneys - by law. Even if aware of irregularities, the witness may not have a duty beyond notifying the partners. It would depend on her contract with the firm. She may have reported to a committee of the law firm's executive committee with no duty beyond that. It is a question of what the law firm paid her to do and the chain of command. I don't recall that Jeanne is a CPA. If not, she is not necessarily under the duties of a CPA as a private employee of the law firm. I recall that her credentials were excellent and largely in the form of post graduate academic degrees but seemed to be in the categories of business management, compliance and more senior non-legal aspects of running a large professional business organization. As to possible prior abuses, the issue seems to be that the attorneys had "secret" trust accounts not under supervision of the law firm. Thus, if reports for the individual trust accounts were not required to be given to Jeanne, she would have no way of knowing of irregularities. This back shop accounting system has been going on for years. Finally got burned. Badly.
Damn alec had plenty money to spend
Some time with some people, it's never enough.
But where did it go? Can't have all gone up his nose.
@@moimeself1088 no way. Oxy isn’t cocaine. No way he spent it on pills. And you don’t get over a 20 yr opioid addiction in a 2 day stint in rehab. That was a joke of a stay. Everyone is different re detox but seriously…20 yrs of addiction that he claims made him steal millions and made him make terrible financial choices for decades? Another lie
Hope all the clients got interest on all the delayed payments
She is a great witness but there is one big issue in my mind. She was Chief Financial Officer, HR and office manager of the practice. Where were the checks and balances that protected the business from theft of millions of dollars? There is something very wrong with this picture. Where was the oversight? What is her failure and responsibility?
This is why math is important in school!! I’m surprised Alec/Alex Murdock/Murdaugh isn’t bobbing for apples at this testimonial.🙄
wonder if the partners of the firm are in attendance today
Jeanne is a badass!
Where did all the money go, can’t be all pills?
Where is the jury sitting?
Always check bank statements and look at images of cashed checks, look at the endorsement. Trust but verify.
Dam this guy was busy...
To quiet , I can hardly hear.
How did the clients not notice neglecting receiving 100-200 grand? Is it chump change to them?
history of trust and brotherhood...great comment on part of witness
The South needs to get with the current times, in that you do not do business with blind trust.
is Alex moral compass learned behavior...what kind of man was his father, ??
I believe the same.
Defense cross was terrible. This witness was unshakable.
I love Jeannie 💪. I am so fascinated by her simple breakdown of the accounting for the running of a law firm….& I am SO uninterested in accounting. 🫣. I must add on a lighter note, I just love the beautiful southern accent & southern manners ❤. Perth West Australia 🇦🇺 🇺🇸
Something is not right with her. That's too much money for her to have missed
She is disgusted with Alex.
THEIR HOUSEKEEPER THAT DIED IN THEIR HOME I WOULD PUSH FOR AN INVESTIGATION ON EXUMING HER BODY FOR A POSSIBLE FINDINGS OF FOWL PLAY.....CIRCUMSTANCES ARE EERIE.....
Can he object for nonsense!?
Ppl keep saying why did he do it. They believe it's the drug use. I think he got off on the thrill of getting caught or not. The drug use didn't need these mass quantity's of stolen money. If the drug addiction was so bad ppl. would have noticed. His entire persona would have changed. We only have his word which is crap about the drugs.
He probably would be sentenced for the rest of his life even if he gets off for the murder
Let's hope so at least.
Sorry, she failed to do her job, admon 101, isn’t she in charge of the finances?
At the end of 2020, if not 2015, it should have been evident the a large amount of firm and client money was gone. That goes unexplained and is irrelevant in the murder trial. The monetary practices of this firm were deeply flawed, with far too many persons having authority over money movement.
Obviously nobody tied their receivable to the parables. Thole in the Cash would have been caught on the weekly roll forward. No way this wasn't caught for years following GAAP. All that money moving without accountability to a spreadsheet? Unbelievable! good old boy accounting practices. Partners that voluntarily put money into the Cash so expenses can be paid? Uh No!
My opinion. This CFO should have also lost her job. How do you go so many years missing such an easy target. She mentions forensic audits in the end but what about yearly audits? Those are typical for companies especially which such large receipts. And the recutting of checks upon demand? Too easy. I realize this is about AM but the accounting dept was apparently asleep at the wheel.
"He Stole" 🤑🤣😂🤣
" History of trust and brotherhood"...ooh chile if she doesn't get them!!
Alex was grabbing money with the track load 😮😂
What a PO💩! Those poor families and friends he robbed! Paul and Buster sound like two spoiled rich kids who had a sense of entitlement, but despite that Paul didn't deserve to be murdered! No one will convince me he didn't murder his family. I feel so badly for his wife. Murdered for money.
Amazing I had to take the stand
Guess this company never did external accountant audits!
What does the theft have to do with the murde?
Motive
Alec is staring her down. Menac Ingly. Attorney Standing where Alec has perfect line of sight to stare at witness.
She isn’t fazed. FU Alex is the feeling get from her eyes.
GREEDY
What did all that stolen money add up too? 🙉
Millions
$7.46 MILLION
Not to get too technical, but it was a medium sized boat load 🤷🏾♀️
@@jowbloe4700 and that’s just what they initially uncovered. I think the final tally was closer to 10.5 mil
millions in stolen money and at least 3 dead!!!!!!
Jeanne Seckinger cross examination against Alex is considered to have damaged and exposed the deep end of his financial affairs and the ultimate involvements of fraud and murder. The best case I have ever seen and followed: Lawyers vs Lawyers, both speak the same jargon language. The proceedings at its best when legal practitioners face each other in courts. Lets see what will be the verdict of every single allegation and charge. That will be interesting if it trurns out to be politically influenced as he might be equitted based on the interest of National Security. What about the victims and the victims families? Any news about Buster? Was he in any chance assisting his father? How much Buster knows about the fraud and the murders? Buster is in court quite and observing!!!. I have no judgements to pass onto him yet! How innocent and how guilty....
she is just saying a bunch of fancy words for Greed.
Was there life insurance on his wife & son,
Yes. Lots.
I like this woman 👩
Forge LOL that's a good name for a fake shell company LOL. QUESTION: How could he steal that much money over such a long period of time and no clients complained? I don't understand?
Same thought...smile
I know she’s not a lawyer, but I hire to represent me any time!
She's the office manager and CFO, who didn't notice hundreds of thousands of dollars going amiss and their clients monies due were not being paid, but she surely knows how much everyone in the company she be getting paid.
You would be a fool to hire her. She doesn't do her due diligence.
Why - she isn’t aware of millions being missing from her firm as the CFO😮
Or did they have damaging evidence 🤔
Hearing this dude talk with those figures, is like trying to do one of those damn math word problems.
She is definitely gonna feel better after this, because after all, it happened on her watch and thus was her opportunity to honestly express her disgust towards murdaugh.
The defense allowed all kinds of detrimental leading questions.
Correct. That's cross examination.
@@buschlight620 No, I was referring to direct examination of the state's own witnesses, non-expert. I was not referring to cross examination.