Overview

• Carie Hallford admitted to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud after federal prosecutors accused her of deceiving the SBA and bereaved families by mishandling bodies and distributing dry concrete in place of ashes.
• Authorities allege the Hallfords secured $882,300 in COVID relief funds with false statements and spent the money on personal expenses including vehicles, vacations and cosmetic procedures.
• Jon Hallford received the maximum 20-year federal sentence in late July and his defense has appealed the ruling to the Tenth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
• Both Carie and Jon face 191 state counts of corpse abuse for improperly storing nearly 200 bodies in a non-climate-controlled building and burying the wrong remains on at least two occasions.
• The scandal exposed Colorado’s lack of routine funeral home inspections and has prompted lawmakers to propose new licensing and oversight requirements for funeral operations.