US EditionColorado funeral home owner accused of sending fake ashes pleads guilty to fraud
PENROSE, COLORADO, AUG 4 – Carie Hallford admitted to defrauding customers and the federal government of nearly $900,000 by sending fake ashes and misusing pandemic relief funds, officials said.
- A Colorado funeral home owner, Carie Hallford, pleaded guilty to fraud for sending fake ashes to families and defrauding the federal government out of nearly $900,000.
- Hallford is facing a maximum of 20 years in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud in federal court.
- Hallford admitted to replacing ashes with dry concrete and improperly storing bodies, including that of David Page.
- The case involved falsifying documents to obtain COVID-19 financial aid and taking payments for cremations never performed.
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Colorado woman pleads guilty in funeral home case involving 190 decomposing bodies
The co-owner of a Colorado funeral home where nearly 200 bodies were left to decompose, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, federal prosecutors announced. Carie Hallford, 48, of Colorado Springs, entered the plea in federal court, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado. Her sentencing is set for December 3. Hallford was responsible for managing customer accounts, death certificate filings, communi…
Funeral Home Owner Admits Sending Families Fake Ashes
A Colorado funeral home owner accused of stashing nearly 200 decomposing bodies in a room-temperature building admitted in a plea agreement Monday that she cheated customers and defrauded the federal government out of nearly $900,000. Carie Hallford, who ran the Return to Nature Funeral Home with her husband, Jon...
Carie Hallford pleads guilty under plea deal in federal Return to Nature Funeral Home case
DENVER (KXRM) — Carie Hallford, co-owner of a Colorado funeral home that was found to have over 190 bodies improperly stashed within, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud on Monday. The bodies were allegedly stored improperly, even as family members believed their loved ones to be properly buried. Halford pled guilty to the one count on Monday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, but is requesting that all other …
Albuquerque Journal
Funeral home owner who sent families fake ashes pleads guilty to fraud
A Colorado funeral home owner has admitted to sending customers fake ashes and defrauding the federal government in a plea deal with federal prosecutors. It's not the first time Carie Hallford entered a guilty plea, but a federal judge rejected…
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