'Macabre way' funeral home 'handled pets after pocketing $650k'

A funeral director allegedly betrayed thousands of grieving pet owners by claiming their beloved animals were being cremated when in reality, they were being dumped in a landfill.

Patrick Vereb, the 70-year-old owner of Eternity Pet Memorial in Pittsburgh, is accused of pocketing more than $650,000 over three years by charging more than 6,500 pet owners for burial and cremation services.

However, the funeral director actually returned ashes from other unknown animals instead, according to the .

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