Overview

• Carie Hallford is expected to admit guilt to federal wire-fraud charges for allegedly misusing nearly $900,000 in Small Business Administration pandemic relief and prepaid customer fees.
• Jon Hallford received a 20-year prison sentence in June after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and has since filed an appeal of his sentence.
• Court documents state the couple diverted relief funds and customer payments to luxury cars, cryptocurrency and designer goods while families received fake or incorrect ashes.
• State prosecutors have charged both Hallfords with 191 counts of corpse abuse for storing bodies at room temperature, burying wrong remains on two occasions and deceiving grieving families.
• The scandal has spurred calls for stricter oversight of Colorado funeral homes, which currently face minimal inspection requirements and no routine audits.