Funeral home owner guilty of defrauding 175 customers

Published October 10, 2007 4:00am ET



After her mother died, leaving behind hefty funeral expenses, Dolly Baliko didn?t want to put her relatives through the same ordeal.

So, Baliko, 70, of Aberdeen, prepaid $6,000 in funeral funds to Paul Stella of Stella Funeral Home in Parkville.

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