A sheriff's search warrant has alleged that friends of Greg Biffle conspired to steal his wealth after a December plane crash that killed the Hall of Fame driver, his wife, their two children, and three other people.
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According to the Charlotte Observer, an Iredell County sheriff's detective wrote in a March 10 search warrant application that friends of Biffle had "strategically executed" a plan that had been in place. This plan allegedly included "multiple counts of fraud" on bank accounts belonging to Biffle and his wife.
The search warrant application that conspirators had access to the accounts, as well as identifying information such as social security numbers, birthdays, and passwords.
The investigators determined that people in the inner circle "may have been involved in the stealing of large sums of money from the Biffles' accounts," the officer wrote. "This leads the affiant to believe that a conspiracy has been in place for a long period of time to commit fraud against the Biffle family."
The warrant application said that passwords, phone numbers, and email addresses associated with bank accounts were changed. Additionally, "fraudulent activity" occurred on a Venmo account belonging to Biffle's wife, Grossu.
The investigator wrote that a fraudulent check from a Biffle-owned account was cashed at United Carolina Bank on Dec. 29, 11 days after the fatal plane crash. Another three checks from the same account were attempted at different branches in South Carolina.
Back in January, a break-in occurred at the home of the late NASCAR driver. A thief took $30,000 in cash, NASCAR memorabilia, and two Glock handguns.
The detective wrote in the search warrant application that he believes this break-in was a "coverup to steal evidence of a more elaborate plan."
No one has been arrested as part of the investigation into this case, but the investigators identified the woman seen in the surveillance video of the house break-in.
They matched her features with someone who attended the celebration of life honoring Biffle, his family, and the others who passed away in the plane crash. The warrant application said that this woman was a friend of Grossu, and that license plate readers showed her husband's pickup truck near the Biffle home before the break-in.
