Tag: wire fraud
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10th Circuit provides guidance on police searches of cloud-based data
The Denver-based federal appeals court provided guidance to law enforcement agencies on Monday for ensuring that searches of cloud-based accounts comply with the Fourth Amendment’s requirements. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit noted that a search of information stored in the cloud is “categorically different” from searching an…
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Return to Nature co-owner Jon Hallford receives maximum sentence in federal wire fraud case
The wire fraud charges stem from the Hallfords’ misuse of cremation and burial payments as well as Covid relief funds
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Return to Nature: Jon Hallford set for Friday sentencing on federal wire charges
DENVER • Over a year and a half after the discovery of nearly 190 decomposing bodies in the Penrose Return to Nature Funeral Home, one of the owners is expected to be sentenced Friday on conspiracy to commit wire fraud related to misuse of cremation and burial payments. Owners Jon and Carie Hallford are facing…
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Return to Nature co-owners expected in court Friday for plea hearing
The owners of Return to Nature Funeral Home Jon and Carie Hallford are expected to appear in court tomorrow for a plea hearing in their state-level case just weeks after pleading guilty to charges in federal court. The funeral home, about 35 miles southwest of Colorado Springs, came under a multiagency investigation in October of 2023…
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Return to Nature owners plead guilty to federal wire fraud
DENVER • Return to Nature Funeral Home owners Jon and Carie Hallford appeared in federal court on Thursday to accept a plea deal, which could land the couple in prison for up to 15 years. In September, the Hallfords filed a notice of disposition and a motion requesting a change of plea on the federal 15 counts…
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Return to Nature owners to appear in federal court to plead guilty as part of deal
The owners of Return to Nature Funeral Home are set to appear in court in later this week to plead guilty to federal charges. Jon and Carie Hallford are expected to plead guilty to 15 counts of wire fraud in federal court on Thursday after accepting a plea agreement in September, according to previous Gazette…
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Return to Nature owners set to appear in court Thursday to enter pleas
The owners of the Return to Nature Funeral Home are expected to appear in court on Thursday and enter not guilty pleas to their state-level charges. Jon and Carie Hallford face 286 criminal charges stemming from the discovery of 189 bodies improperly stored at the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose. Return to Nature Funeral…