Murdaugh will admit in federal court that he committed 22 counts of financial fraud and money laundering, his attorneys said in court papers filed this week.
Murdaugh, 55, is serving life without parole in a South Carolina prison for shooting his wife and son.
The federal guilty plea likely locks in years if not decades in prison for the disbarred lawyer, even if his murder conviction and sentence in state court is overturned on appeal.
The deal for pleading guilty in federal court is straightforward.
Prosecutors will ask that any federal sentence Murdaugh gets will run at the same time as any prison term he serves from a state court.
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