Financial Adviser Loses License Over Funeral Trust Fund Losses
March 14, 2009 - A Merrill Lynch financial adviser in Springfield has temporarily lost his state license, as Illinois regulators continue to investigate investment losses in a $300...
Funeral Industry News
Garrett County Funeral Home Owner Arrested
March 2, 2009, - The owner of Stewart Funeral Home, Bradley Allen Stewart, 60, of Oakland was charged Wednesday with multiple counts of felony theft, theft by scheme...
Body Rots in Hearse, Ala. Funeral Director Charged
Feb 27, 2009 - A funeral director accused of leaving a woman's body to decay in a parked hearse after her relatives failed to pay the bill was...
Burris Linked to Troubled Trade Association
Newly appointed Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., has dealt with questions about his ties to impeached Gov. Rod Blagojevich, but now questions are being raised about his links to...
Funeral Home Directors Lose Licenses over Plan to Sell Body Parts Without Consent
January 7, 2009 - Two Newark-area funeral directors agreed to turn in their mortuary science licenses after they were cited for planning to harvest body parts from corpses...
U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush Unveils The Bereaved Consumers Protection Act
U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush unveiled legislation today that would expand the powers of the federal government by creating a new level of oversight for cemeteries to prevent the...
Open-Door Morgue Leaves Bodies Up For Grabs
AUSTRALIA - SECURITY at one of Sydney's biggest hospitals is so lax that anyone can walk into the morgue and claim a body without showing identification, prompting fears...