A Colorado couple who owned a funeral home where 190 decaying bodies were discovered last year has been indicted on federal charges for fraudulently obtaining nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds. Jon and Carie Hallford allegedly misspent the funds on vacations, cosmetic surgery, jewelry, and other personal expenses, according to court documents unsealed on Monday. The indictment also reaffirms accusations from state prosecutors that the couple gave families dry concrete instead of cremated ashes and buried the wrong body on two occasions.

The federal charges, which include 13 counts of wire fraud and two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, are in addition to the more than 200 criminal counts already pending against the Hallfords in Colorado state court for corpse abuse, money laundering, theft, and forgery. The couple allegedly collected over $130,000 from families for cremations and burial services they never provided.

The couple, who entered a federal courtroom bound in shackles, are accused of fleeing to Oklahoma last October when the decaying bodies were first discovered. Assistant U.S. Attorney Tim Neff argued that they were a flight risk. The judge did not immediately decide if the couple should be released pending trial and set an arraignment hearing for Thursday.

The Hallfords allegedly used the pandemic relief funds to buy items such as a vehicle, dinners, tuition for their child, and cryptocurrency. They also spent money on trips to California, Florida, and Las Vegas, as well as shopping at luxury retailers like Gucci and Tiffany & Co. The couple has not yet entered pleas to the state's abuse of corpse charges.

The discovery of the decaying bodies at the funeral home in Penrose, Colorado, has devastated hundreds of grieving family members who believed they had put their loved ones to rest. The Hallfords face up to 20 years in prison and $250,000 in fines if convicted in the federal case. The funeral home is set to be demolished following an assessment by the US Environmental Protection Agency to safely remove all residual medical and biological materials found in the building.