{"id":64774,"date":"2019-10-04T20:57:09","date_gmt":"2019-10-05T02:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/montrose-woman-has-state-insurance-license-revoked\/"},"modified":"2019-10-05T02:57:09","modified_gmt":"2019-10-05T02:57:09","slug":"montrose-woman-has-state-insurance-license-revoked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/montrose-woman-has-state-insurance-license-revoked\/","title":{"rendered":"Montrose woman has state insurance license revoked"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"Megan
Megan Hess ran a body brokering business under the same roof as Sunset Mesa Funeral Directors. Though that wasn\u2019t illegal at the time, she\u2019s accused of not telling families she planned to harvest their loved one\u2019s bodies, sometimes selling parts all over the world. She has now lost her insurance agent license in connection to funeral packages paid in advance.<\/span>Courtesy of Montrose Daily Press<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Megan Hess, the former Montrose funeral home owner under federal investigation for allegedly selling the body parts of people whose families wanted them cremated, had her state license as an insurance agent revoked this summer.<\/p>\n

But the reason had nothing to do with the federal investigation, according to disciplinary documents. Instead, state regulators accused Hess of running an entirely different scam out of now-defunct Sunset Mesa Funeral Directors.<\/p>\n

The accusations relate to the sale of \u201cpreneed\u201d funeral plans \u2013 basically funeral packages that are paid in advance. A suspension order filed in February accused Hess of taking money from people for preneed funeral plans as part of broader life insurance policies. But, according to the suspension order, Hess then pocketed the money instead of setting up the insurance policies.<\/p>\n

The final revocation order, issued in late August, also orders Hess to pay $37,950 in fines and $2,385 in restitution.<\/p>\n

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