The investigators described the dead bodies that were stacked on top of each other in a dilapidated, bug-damaged building.
Judges in the state of Colorado have given the funeral home owner, who have kept 19 bodies in their premises, sentenced to 3 years in jail for deceiving customers and cheating the Federal government.
John Holford, owner of the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Colorado, was sentenced to 15 years, where he and his wife Carry Holford stored the bodies between 2019 and 2023 and sent fake ash to families.
During the hearing on Friday, US District Judge Nina Wang said that John Holford’s crime conditions and proportion as well as the families he imposed were emotional.
Judge Wang said, “This is not a common fraud case.
In 23, the south of Denver was summoned to the investigators in a small, pestless building in a small town of Pennos to the south of about 3 kilometers (3 miles) south.
At the time of the test, the investigators discovered the bodies on the top of each other and said they were unable to go into some rooms because they were so high by human residue.
The FBI agents also had to put the board down so that they could move around the scene of the criminal, and on top of the physical fluid on the ground.
For the first time, many families were disclosed that the ashes from returning to nature were fake in search of distortions by the investigators in 223. The court documents have shown that the families filled with a dry concrete mixture by Holford have sent Kalash, and in two cases the wrong body was buried.
In an independent allegation, John Holford has convicted the state court for the 191 counting of the body. In August, he will be sentenced to these allegations.
Carry Holford will be prosecuted in the federal case in September. In the same month, she will be present at her next hearing in the state, in which she is accused of counting the abuse of 19 bodies.
COVID -19 CHAPTERS
At the hearing on Friday, John Holford was imprisoned by the US federal government for emergency financial assistance to the American people, who were facing the financial impact of COVID -1 (or continental) interviews across the country.
In a news statement, the office of the American Attorney in Colorado district said that Holford has “cheated small business administration by” deceitful coed -1 loan loan applications “.
Federal lawyers said that Holford made money and with customers’ payment, in cryptocurrency, 000 31,000 and spent on SUVs worth more than $ 120,000, including 000 31,000 and Gucci and Tiffany and Company.
According to the Colorado district, in addition to his imprisonment, John Holford was also ordered to give $ 1,070,413.74 to “conspiracy to wire fraud.”
In a statement in the Colorado district, Holford said, “Holford had collected more than $ 1,5,3 from families of the families of the never -ending funeral.
“Instead of ensuring the proper nature of the remains, Holford allowed the funeral home to accumulate dead bodies in various states of decay and dissolution,” he said.
John Hallford claimed to suspend the registration of the house as a funeral installation, when the bodies were “studied the taxidmi on the property”.
Before he was sentenced, John Holford told the judge that he returned to nature to positively affect the lives of the people, but then “everything was completely out of control”.
He said, “I feel very bad for my actions.” I still hate myself for what I did. “
