US EditionColorado funeral home owner accused of sending fake ashes pleads guilty to fraud
PENROSE, COLORADO, AUG 4 – Carie Hallford admitted to defrauding the federal government of nearly $900,000 and sending fake ashes to families while mishandling nearly 200 bodies, prosecutors said.
- A funeral home owner in Colorado admitted Monday to cheating families and defrauding the federal government of nearly $900,000.
- The federal case against the Hallfords focused on two schemes: falsifying SBA documents and deceiving cremation customers, with Hallford pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
- Investigators found almost 200 decomposing bodies in a Penrose, Colorado building, stacked with bugs, maggots, and pooled liquid in 2023.
- Her Dec. 3 sentencing hearing will see prosecutors seek no more than 15 years, with Hallford facing a maximum of 20 years in prison.
- In state court, Carie Hallford and Jon Hallford face 191 corpse abuse counts, with the next hearing set for Sept. 4.
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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...
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Funeral home owner who sent families fake ashes pleads guilty to fraud
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.
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