A Colorado funeral home owner accused of stashing nearly 200 decomposing bodies in a room-temperature building admitted in federal court Monday that she cheated customers and defrauded the federal government out of nearly $900,

Carie Hallford, who pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in federal court, faces a maximum of 20 years in prison. As part of the agreement, Hallford admitted to sending families dry concrete in place of ashes and stashing decomposing bodies in a room-temperature building.

A former owner of a funeral home in Colorado, who was found guilty of abuse of a corpse, took a plea deal Monday on charges of wire fraud.

Carrie Hallford, co-owner of the Return to Nature Funeral Home, has changed her plea in federal court, pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. In her plea agreement with the federal government,