Hours after a deadly crash, someone tried to access Greg Biffle’s accounts – now questions are being raised about an inside job

CBS Evening News senior national correspondent Mark Strassmann reported that investigators are looking into a disturbing series of crimes targeting NASCAR veteran Greg Biffle’s family after a private plane crash in North Carolina killed Biffle, his wife Christina, their children, and others aboard.

According to Strassmann’s report, the crash happened last December and shocked what he called “NASCAR country,” but the tragedy was followed almost immediately by something even more unsettling.

Within hours of the fatal crash, authorities say someone began targeting the family’s checking accounts.

Strassmann said police now have a clearer sense of who may have been involved, what was taken, and why investigators believe the case may point toward someone with a close connection to the family.

Accounts Targeted Within Hours

Strassmann reported that all seven people aboard the private plane were killed, including Greg Biffle, his wife Christina, and their two children.

He said that within hours of the crash, someone began trying to break into the family’s checking accounts, an allegation that gives the case a particularly grim edge because the fraud appears to have started before the shock of the crash had even settled.

Iredell County Sheriff Darren Campbell told CBS News that the investigation has become complicated.

“It’s a very complex case with a lot of different tentacles,” Campbell said.

When Strassmann asked Campbell whether he had any doubt that the case involved an inside job, the sheriff said he believed someone close to the family, or someone with a strong connection to the family, was likely involved.

That is a serious statement from law enforcement, and it changes the nature of the investigation. This was not presented as a random scammer trying to exploit public news of a death from far away, but as something that may have required personal knowledge, access, or trust.

Police Describe A Coordinated Strike

In search warrants obtained by CBS affiliate WBTV, Strassmann said police described what they called a strategic and coordinated strike against the family’s accounts.

According to the report, hundreds of thousands of dollars were stolen.

Police believe multiple conspirators may have had access to the Biffle family’s assets, email accounts, and security information, including passwords and Social Security numbers.

That detail is one of the most important parts of the report because it suggests the scheme may have gone well beyond guessing a password or trying a common fraud tactic. If investigators are right, the people involved may have known where to look and what information would unlock the family’s money.

Cases like this are troubling because grief often creates the perfect cover for financial crime. A family is gone, relatives are mourning, paperwork is scattered, and the people closest to the victims may be focused on funeral plans, not bank alerts or account changes.

That is exactly the kind of opening criminals look for.

A Burglary Weeks Later

Strassmann said the case grew even darker about three weeks after the plane crash, when surveillance footage from January showed what appeared to be a hooded female walking for hours through the Biffle residence.

According to the search warrant cited in the CBS report, more than $40,000 in cash, firearms, and memorabilia were stolen from the home.

Strassmann asked Sheriff Campbell whether he had any doubt that the burglary and the fraud were connected.

“No, there’s not a doubt,” Campbell said. “I believe that the burglar was just a small part of this.”

That answer suggests investigators see the home burglary not as a separate break-in, but as one piece of a larger effort to take money, valuables, and possibly sensitive information from the family after the crash.

The timeline is especially disturbing. First came the deadly crash. Then, within hours, someone targeted the accounts. Weeks later, someone entered the home and moved through it for an extended period of time, according to the report.

It is hard to hear those facts without wondering how much the suspects may have known about the family’s routines, the layout of the house, and the timing of when the property would be vulnerable.

Questions About Access And Trust

The most unsettling part of Strassmann’s report is the possibility that someone close to the family may have been involved.

Sheriff Campbell did not publicly name suspects in the CBS segment, and Strassmann reported that no arrests had been made so far. Still, Campbell’s comments made clear that investigators are not treating this as an ordinary burglary or simple bank fraud case.

The allegation of inside knowledge matters because the stolen information appears to have included the kind of details most strangers would not easily have: security data, passwords, account access, and possibly personal identifying information.

If someone close to the family did exploit that access, it would make the crime feel even more personal than the money alone suggests.

There is also a broader warning here. Digital accounts, banking access, email accounts, and identity documents can become targets almost immediately after someone dies, especially if there are people nearby who know what exists and where it is stored.

That is not a pleasant thing to think about, but this case shows why families often need to secure accounts, devices, and homes quickly after a sudden death.

No Arrests Yet, But Investigators Expect Movement

Strassmann reported that police have issued multiple search warrants since the crash, but there had been no arrests at the time of the CBS News report.

He said Sheriff Campbell told CBS that detectives were still waiting for more evidence, including digital information sought through those search warrants.

Even so, Strassmann said Campbell “sure sounded confident” that arrests were coming.

That confidence does not mean guilt has been proven, and any suspects would still be entitled to due process. But it does show that investigators believe they are building toward something, rather than simply chasing a vague theory.

In a case involving alleged stolen money, stolen firearms, stolen memorabilia, compromised accounts, and possible insider access, digital evidence may be the piece that ties everything together. Emails, login records, device data, phone activity, bank changes, and surveillance footage could all help investigators determine who acted, when they acted, and whether the same people were involved in both the fraud and the burglary.

A Tragedy Followed By Betrayal

Strassmann’s report began with the horror of the plane crash, but the story quickly became about what happened after it.

The deaths of Biffle, Christina, their children, and the others aboard would have been devastating enough on their own. The idea that someone may have used that moment to steal from the family adds a different kind of damage, one that feels cold and calculated.

Campbell’s comments suggest investigators believe the crimes were not random and may have involved people who knew enough about the Biffle family to act quickly and effectively.

That is why the “inside job” question now hangs over the case.

Strassmann closed his report by saying detectives are waiting on more evidence from the search warrants, while Campbell appeared confident that arrests will come. Until then, the investigation remains open, with police trying to determine who targeted the family’s accounts within hours of the crash and whether the later burglary was part of the same larger plan.

For now, the case stands as a grim reminder that tragedy can leave families exposed in ways that go far beyond grief, especially when money, personal records, and trusted access fall into the wrong hands.