Jon and Carie Hallford, Colorado funeral home owners, plead guilty to misusing $900,000 in COVID-19 relief funds and face prison, fines, and stricter funeral home regulations.

Jon and Carie Hallford, owners of Return to Nature Funeral Home in Colorado, are set to plead guilty to federal charges for misusing nearly $900,000 in COVID-19 relief funds. The couple faces 15 federal offenses and over 200 state charges, including corpse abuse, for allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies and providing fake ashes to families. They could face up to 20 years in prison and $250,000 in fines. This case has led to stricter funeral home regulations in Colorado.

October 24, 2024
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