Funeral home director accused of mishandling remains, funds pleads not guilty to grand theft, insurance fraud

Don’t miss out on these fabulous Insider Deals– A former Jacksonville funeral home director accused in a disturbing case pleaded not guilty Tuesday to two counts of false insurance claims, two counts of grand theft and one count of petty theft.Graham’s attorney has filed a motion to reduce his bond, and during Tuesday’s arraignment, a witness testified via Zoom from Orlando that he and Graham have been friends for 40 years and that he helped Graham turn himself in to authorities.

36 years ago detectives found the remains of 36 people in a Jacksonville funeral home. Now, a similar case unfolds Others told us Graham didn’t provide services that had been pre-paid, or he mishandled their loved one’s remains. A few weeks ago, Dale Williams said he had beenThe case has prompted proposed changes to state law that would give investigators the ability to enter and secure funeral facilities in an emergency -- like when it’s been abandoned.

“So the legislature saw this and now that gives us the ability when we do get a complaint and there’s a funeral home for some reason or another that is unoccupied or doesn’t have power, we can go in and act upon it immediately,” Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis said. “And we’ve increased the penalties that if these bad actors are operating in a way that is not in the best interest of Floridians, then we’ve got more teeth to put them behind bars.

Source: Insurance Report (insurancereport.net)

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