Police allege that friends of NASCAR driver Greg Biffle conspired to steal from his estate after his fatal plane crash in December. The theft, which occurred three weeks after the crash, resulted in the loss of $30,000, firearms, and memorabilia.
Key points
Greg Biffle died in a plane crash in December.
His wife and two children also perished in the crash.
Police believe the theft was an inside job.
Thieves stole $30,000 and other valuables from his home.
The theft occurred three weeks after the crash.
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Greg Biffle and wife Cristina with their two kids in February 2022.Credit: Cristina Grossu Biffle/Instagram
Greg Biffle and wife Cristina with their two kids in February 2022.
Credit: Cristina Grossu Biffle/Instagram
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Police in North Carolina believe friends of Greg Biffle conspired to steal his wealth following his death in December plane crash
Thieves hit the home of the late NASCAR star, whose wife Cristina and two children were also killed in the crash, three weeks after their deaths
At the time, thieves stole $30,000 and a backpack, as well as two guns and NASCAR memorabilia
According to court documents obtained by The Charlotte Observer and WBTV, âmultiple conspirators that had access to and intimate knowledge of the Bifflesâ accountsâ stole âhundreds of thousands of dollars.â
âThis fraud appears to have been a strategic and coordinated strike against all accounts through multiple states which has resulted in hundreds of thousands of dollars being stolen,â an Iredell County sheriffâs detectiveâs search warrant dated March 10 alleged.
According to authorities who found âmultiple accounts of fraud,â the suspects had access to the Bifflesâ social security numbers, birthdays and passwords, among other identifying information.
Q&A
What happened to Greg Biffle and his family?
Greg Biffle, his wife Cristina, and their two children died in a plane crash in December.
How much money was stolen from Greg Biffle's home?
Thieves stole $30,000 along with other items from Greg Biffle's home shortly after his death.
Who is believed to be involved in the theft from Greg Biffle's estate?
Police suspect that friends and individuals from Greg Biffle's inner circle conspired to steal from his estate.
When did the theft at Greg Biffle's home occur?
The theft occurred three weeks after the plane crash that killed Greg Biffle and his family.
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(L-R) Greg, Ryder, Emma and Cristina BiffleCredit: Greg Biffle/Instagram
(L-R) Greg, Ryder, Emma and Cristina Biffle
Credit: Greg Biffle/Instagram
âThis 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,â the search warrant alleged.
Two separate times on January 7 and January 8, just three weeks after the Biffles died in the plane crash, thieves stole $30,000 in cash and a $30 backpack from their home.
According to a police report obtained by PEOPLE at the time, the Iredell County Sheriffâs Office arrived at the Biffle estate on Doolie Road in Mooresville, N.C. on Thursday, Jan. 8 at approximately 6:23 p.m., after Cristinaâs mother Cathy Grossu alerted authorities about the crime, according to the police report.
Two guns and NASCAR memorabilia were also reported as possibly missing from the Biffle home, according to CBS affiliate WBTV.
At a public remembrance honoring the seven victims of the crash on January 16 in Charlotte, sheriffâs investigators matched the features of a woman at the event to a suspect seen on surveillance video taken during the Bifflesâ home break-in.
The woman is a friend of Grossuâs, a detective said in the warrant.
No arrests have been made amid the ongoing investigation, per the Observer.
The NASCAR driver, 55, and his wife, 35, died along with their five-year-old son Ryder, Gregâs 14-year-old daughter Emma and three others when their Cessna Citation 550 crashed while trying to return to Statesville Regional Airport on Thursday, Dec. 18.
Greg Biffle in 2022Credit: Jared Tilton/SRX/Getty
Greg Biffle in 2022
Credit: Jared Tilton/SRX/Getty
âItâs very sad, you know, and like all these things I do, I think about him a lot, how much more fun it would be with him,â McFarland told PEOPLE about how he is coping with the loss of his friend. âAnd I go to Charlotte where he's from, or Morrisville, and I'm just so sad because he's not there. So it's hard, in that aspect.â
