Financial adviser pleads guilty to defrauding Eddie Murphy's ex-wife

A man who billed himself as financial adviser to the rich and famous pleaded guilty to 11 counts of fraud on Wednesday for a scheme that took in former Granite Bay resident Nicole Murphy, the ex-wife of comedian Eddie Murphy.

Troy David Stratos, 50, who has been in custody since 2011, also pleaded guilty to two counts of money laundering, and one count of obstruction of justice in federal court in Sacramento.

FBI agents arrested Stratos in Los Angeles on Dec. 20, 2011, for the fraud scheme. Stratos…