A TikTok influencer has garnered negative attention after a murder-for-hire plot she was involved in went terribly wrong – or right, rather.
Last year, Ashley Grayson was accused of scamming her followers, courtesy of a credit repair business she created.
Grayson was previously a post office worker who resigned from her role in 2017 to begin the business, which she said more than tripled her salary.
After making her first million, she decided that she would invest in another business: a coaching company, which she said made her another cool million in under an hour.
The influencer claimed that she was a financial guru who could help followers towards a path to financial freedom through her mentorship services. The issue began to arise when people noticed that the prices were not cheap – and the services: ineffective.
It later surfaced that Grayson made her millions from a worker’s comp settlement. She admitted that the rumors were true and said that she was severely injured by a conveyor belt, which left her with one missing finger.
Then, one of Grayson’s ex-clients, Sherell Hodge, took to TikTok to accuse the influencer of scamming her.
Several others began to chime in, alleging Grayson scammed them as well.
Court documents show following Hodge’s complaints, Grayson and her husband, Joshua Gray, were accused of hiring a hitman to kill her. They have since been indicted on RICO charges: racketeering and attempted murder.
According to Justia, “to violate RICO, a person must engage in a pattern of racketeering activity connected to an enterprise. The law defines 35 offenses as constituting racketeering, including gambling, murder, kidnapping, arson, drug dealing and bribery. Significantly, mail and wire fraud are included on the list,” adding that “These crimes are known as “predicate” offenses. To charge under RICO, at least two predicate crimes within 10 years must have been committed through the enterprise.”
Grayson and her boyfriend are expected to appear in court later this year.
This story is developing.
