A former funeral home owner has been charged with fraud for allegedly giving families cremated ashes that were not the remains of their loved ones,

The truth came to light when, having been shut down for operating without a license, the funeral home passed on 56 urns of cremated human remains to another funeral home. The ashes were labeled as unclaimed but when police contacted the families linked to the remains, it was discovered that they had already received and buried ashes - but obviously not those of their loved ones. Didn't they check to see if they recognized them, then?