Overview

• Federal authorities said Hallford siphoned almost $900,000 in pandemic relief funds to purchase luxury vehicles, cryptocurrency and designer goods
• Investigators found that between 2019 and 2023 the funeral home stored nearly 190 bodies in a decrepit Penrose building and sent families fake ashes
• Hallford pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in federal court and separately admitted to 191 counts of corpse abuse in a state case
• His co-owner and wife, Carie Hallford, is slated to go to trial on federal fraud charges and faces a state hearing on corpse abuse scheduled for September 2025
• Colorado lawmakers approved legislation mandating routine funeral home inspections and licensing requirements starting in 2026