Attorney, Wife Stole From Children Who Lost Parents In La Cresta Crash

MURRIETA, CA — Dennis and Lorraine Carver survived the Oct. 1, 2017, mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest music festival in Las Vegas only to die two weeks later in a fiery La Cresta crash less than a mile from their home in the unincorporated Murrieta community.

They left behind two young daughters and a sizeable estate.

Nearly seven years after the tragedy, the Carver girls — now in their 20s — await sentencing hearings scheduled Tuesday for the family's former attorney and his wife who defrauded and stole from the siblings at their most vulnerable moment.

In March, Nicholas Jordan Alfano, 42, and his wife, 41-year-old Lindsy Ann Alfano, pleaded guilty to multiple perjury and grand theft charges tied to the Carver estate.

According to a declaration in support of an arrest warrant that was filed in late 2021, a Riverside County Sheriff's Department investigator reported that shortly after the Carvers died, Nicholas Alfano drafted "false and fraudulent wills, trusts and estate planning documents" in the names of Dennis and Lorraine "Lora" Carver. The deceased couple's two young daughters were named as heirs, and Alfano named himself executor/administrator.

In her capacity as a notary, Lindsy Alfano then notarized the documents with the Carvers' forged signatures inked by her attorney husband.

Nicholas Alfano told the sheriff's department investigator he created the documents to avoid probate litigation. The illegal post-death maneuver came as the Carver's daughters were reeling from the Oct. 16, 2017, loss of their parents. The youngest girl was just 16 when her mother and father died.

The arrest declaration alleges Nicholas Alfano wasn't just thinking of the Carver children. He admitted to taking money from the estate for personal expenses, including funds to open a marijuana dispensary.

A felony complaint against the Alfanos shows they stole more than $340,000 from the estate.

"The investigation concluded that Alfano embezzled money from the estate (depriving the rightful heirs of money); created forged and false documents; signed these documents under penalty of perjury; submitted the false documents to the court and conspired with Lindsy Alfano to notarize the false documents," the arrest warrant declaration reads.

Nicholas Alfano was officially disbarred on Jan. 19, 2022, in California. His social media pages state that he is a former attorney who is currently the founder, director, and CEO of The Program, an investing service.

In a March 2018 social media post, Lindsy Alfano shared an image of a sunflower growing in a rock garden. She captioned the photo, "I planted my Dennis and Lora sunflower after the funeral and it's growing! RIP friends!"

Records show the Alfanos lived in Menifee at the time of the crimes but later moved to Brentwood, Tennessee. Patch emailed the couple for this story and is awaiting a response.

Nicholas and Lindsy Alfano are not expected to receive harsh punishment during Tuesday's sentencing hearings. Nicholas was facing up to seven years in state prison, but he's not expected to serve anywhere near that amount of time. Patch has reached out to the District Attorney's office for further clarification.

On March 15, he pleaded guilty to four perjury counts and three counts of grand theft — all felonies. His wife pleaded guilty to two perjury counts and one count of grand theft.

Though the criminal case against the Alfanos is winding down, a civil case against them is pending. It is expected to ramp up after Tuesday's sentencing.