"Colorado Funeral Home Owners Charged with COVID Fraud After 190 Bodies Found"
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The owners of a Colorado funeral home where 190 decaying bodies were found have been indicted on federal charges for misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds on personal expenses, including vacations and cosmetic surgery. The couple also faces over 200 criminal counts in state court for corpse abuse, money laundering, theft, and forgery. Families were given dry concrete instead of cremated ashes, and the wrong body was allegedly buried on two occasions. The discovery of the decaying bodies has led to investigations and calls for stricter regulations in the funeral home industry in Colorado.
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- Owners of Funeral Home With Decaying Bodies Are Charged With Covid Relief Fraud The New York Times
- Return to Nature owners Jon and Carie Hallford arrested by the FBI on federal warrant, back in jail KRDO
- Owners of Colorado funeral home where 190 bodies were found charged with Covid fraud The Guardian US
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