Funeral home owner who sent families fake ashes pleads guilty to fraud . . . DENVER (AP) — A Colorado funeral home owner accused of stashing nearly 200 decomposing bodies in a room-temperature building admitted in federal court Monday that she cheated customers and defrauded the federal government out of nearly $900,000 Carie Hallford, who ran Return to Nature Funeral Home with her husband Jon Hallford, pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to commit wire
Carie Hallford, disgraced funeral home co-owner, pleads guilty to fraud . . . DENVER — The co-owner of a funeral home in Penrose pleaded guilty in court Monday to a federal felony wire fraud charge, marking her second change of plea in the case Carie Hallford and her husband Jon were charged with 15 federal crimes after they were accused of fraudulently obtaining nearly $900,000 in COVID-19 relief funds and using
Funeral Home Owner Admits to $900K Fraud and Mishandling Nearly 200 . . . Denver, CO — Carie Hallford, co-owner of Return to Nature Funeral Home, pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in a case that has horrified families across Colorado and beyond The charges stem from a scheme involving nearly 200 decomposing bodies and more than $900,000 in federal fraud