A former Kentucky funeral director has been charged with multiple felony preneed thefts, some of which occurred 25 years ago. Various news sources report that Donald Creech began pocketing consumer preneed payments as early as 1996. The consumer preneed payments were to have been forwarded to the Kentucky Funeral Directors Association’s master trust. Until he
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West Virginia Funeral Board: Flagged for Expedience
By Bill Stalter on
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The West Virginia Legislature’s Audit Office has given that state’s Funeral Board a failing grade. The audit report was covered in detail in the September 25th editions of the Memorial Business Journal and the Funeral Service Insider, and we recommend both newsletters to our readers. Hyperlinks to the newsletters are below. In a nutshell,…
Criminal Intent: Use of the Wrong Deposit Book
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An Oklahoma funeral director faces serious prison time over the deposit of preneed funds to his business operating account. The Oklahoma Department of Insurance decided to go to a local prosecutor when a Department audit found the funeral director had routinely failed to deposit consumer funds to the preneed trust required by state law. The…