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The funeral home, located directly across the street from the Macoupin County Courthouse, still has the gold-lettered “Heinz Funeral Home” sign on the front lawn. The website is still operational.
The funeral home swindle adds to an already long list of fraudulent schemes — including romance, grandparents and lottery scams — rampant in the United States. “If there was a Scammers Hall ...
This case is far from the first such scam. In 2010, also in Missouri, funeral home director Thomas Brandtonies, Jr. pled guilty to stealing $123,273 in pre-need funeral scams.
The scandal first came to light June 7, 1988, when a number of decomposing bodies were found inside the funeral home. [2] Conflicting reports state the bodies were discovered June 6, and reported on the 8th. [3] A total of 36 bodies, including one fetus and three sets of body parts, were uncovered inside the building.
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The funeral homes sued Tri-State and Marsh, eventually settling first for $36 million with the plaintiff's class in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Ultimately, the Marsh defendants also settled for $3.5 million after their insurer, Georgia Farm Bureau, agreed to pay the settlement.
A Missouri man pleaded guilty to stealing money from people who thought they were saving for their funerals. Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster said Thomas Brandtonies Jr., is supposed to pay ...
In December 2013, the FTC imposed conditions on the acquisition, requiring the two companies to sell 53 funeral homes and 38 cemeteries in 59 local markets, and requiring the merged company to be subject to a ten-year period during which the FTC will review any attempt by the company to acquire funeral or cemetery assets in those local markets ...