The Chrisley’s criminal conduct was driven by greed, not necessity

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….they were already wealthy. At its peak, the Chrisley’s earned at least $600,000 per month through CAM and later began to earn millions from their reality show….neither can credibly say that they had to commit fraud to put bread on the family’s table.

As Braddock testified, Todd Chrisley’s spending habits required him to spend half a million dollars a month just to stay afloat….Both Braddock and Alina Clerie testified that Todd used CAM like his personal piggybank, even when it meant bills and CAM employees could not be paid.

At one point, when Todd demanded that Clerie give him more money even though she reported CAM didn’t have sufficient funds, he screamed at her “You will give me that fucking money you stupid fucking Russian bitch”

Todd was the same in emails, when Clerie desperately reported that CAM didn’t have enough money to pay agents, Todd made clear to Braddock that his bills were to take priority, even if it meant CAM’s agents would go unpaid.

“I am sick of getting these fucking emails, pay the fucking bodker Ramsey and skip payroll….No other agent is to be paid until the shit I have to get paid is paid an if they are then we will have less to cover in payroll”

….From June through December 2010, the Chrisley’s transferred more than $800,000 from CAM into a Chrisley and Company bank account, much of which they used for their own personal benefit.

Meanwhile, Todd failed to pay any of the $701,249 he initially reported as due and owing when he filed his 2009 tax return in October 2010.