Overview

• U.S. District Judge Nina Wang imposed the statutory maximum 20-year sentence for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, noting the emotional harm inflicted on grieving families.
• Hallford is set to be sentenced in August on 191 state counts of corpse abuse following his guilty plea.
• Carie Hallford withdrew her federal guilty plea this month and is scheduled for a September trial on fraud and corpse abuse charges.
• Investigators uncovered nearly 190 bodies stored between 2019 and 2023 in a bug-infested building at Return to Nature Funeral Home; some families received fake ashes and two were given the wrong remains.
• Federal prosecutors detailed how the Hallfords diverted almost $900,000 in COVID-19 relief and customer payments to purchase luxury vehicles, designer goods and cosmetic procedures.