Saturday, June 05, 2010
WV Funeral Home Owner Defaults
WEST VIRGINIA....
Officials say a West Virginia funeral home owner and his brother have defaulted on an agreement in spite of a big win. After winning $100,000 on the Kentucky Derby, Jerry Tucker, the owner of Foglesong-Tucker Funeral Home in Mason County, West Virginia might end up going to jail. Jerry Tucker, the mayor of Mason, and his brother, Ray Tucker, the funeral home's vice president, failed to pay the West Virginia Attorney General's Office any of the $150,000 reportedly stolen from clients who had pre-paid for funerals. The brothers missed Thursday's deadline to make a $140,000 down payment on the $175,000 they agreed to pay. The Tuckers could have faced automatic triple damages, which would have pushed the amount to more than $600,000.
Officials say a West Virginia funeral home owner and his brother have defaulted on an agreement in spite of a big win. After winning $100,000 on the Kentucky Derby, Jerry Tucker, the owner of Foglesong-Tucker Funeral Home in Mason County, West Virginia might end up going to jail. Jerry Tucker, the mayor of Mason, and his brother, Ray Tucker, the funeral home's vice president, failed to pay the West Virginia Attorney General's Office any of the $150,000 reportedly stolen from clients who had pre-paid for funerals. The brothers missed Thursday's deadline to make a $140,000 down payment on the $175,000 they agreed to pay. The Tuckers could have faced automatic triple damages, which would have pushed the amount to more than $600,000.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 12:58 PM 
