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'''Brent Cassity''' is an American entrepreneur, author and podcast host known for his work in the funeral and end-of-life services industry and for his later federal conviction related to Trust Funding. His book “Nightmare Success” and the [[Media/Nightmare_Success|Nightmare Success]] podcast focus on personal growth, federal prison experience and re-entry. Cassity served a federal sentence beginning in 2012 and has since become a prominent speaker on incarceration, shame, resilience and life after federal custody. <ref name="Book">Brent Cassity. “Nightmare Success.” Brent Cassity Publishing, 2022.</ref>
{{Infobox Person
|name = Brent Douglas Cassity
|image = brent-cassity.png
|birth_date = circa 1967
|birth_place = St. Louis, Missouri
|charges = Mail fraud, Wire fraud, Money laundering, Permitting a felon to engage in the insurance business
|conviction_date = March 2013 (guilty plea)
|sentence = 5 years (60 months) federal prison
|sentencing_date = November 2013
|restitution = Part of $435 million joint judgment
|facility = USP Leavenworth
|status = Released
|occupation = Author, podcast host
|known_for = National Prearranged Services fraud; ''Nightmare Success'' memoir and podcast
}}


== Early life and career ==
'''Brent Douglas Cassity''' is an American former funeral-industry executive convicted in the National Prearranged Services fraud. He pleaded guilty in 2013 to mail fraud, wire fraud, money laundering, and willfully permitting a convicted felon to engage in the business of insurance. A federal court in St. Louis sentenced him to five years in prison.<ref name="connecting-sentence">{{cite web |title=National Prearranged Services Crooks Finally Get Prison Sentence |url=https://connectingdirectors.com/42973-national-prearranged-services-crooks-finally-get-prison-sentence |publisher=Connecting Directors |date=2013-11-18 |access-date=2026-06-03}}</ref>
Brent Cassity grew up in Missouri and entered the family business at a young age. His father, Doug Cassity, founded National Prearranged Services, a company focused on prepaid funeral contracts. Brent worked his way into leadership roles and later served as CEO. <ref name="STL">St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “Background on NPS Case.” https://www.stltoday.com</ref> During this time he expanded business operations, opened new offices and worked with insurance partners. He developed a strong reputation in the industry and won recognition from national groups for business growth and leadership. Colleagues described him as energetic and focused on sales, expansion and customer service.


The funeral and end-of-life sector involves trust accounts, insurance products and regulatory oversight. The company’s rapid growth drew attention from outside observers, competitors and regulators. Cassity traveled often, met with funeral home owners across the country and promoted long-term planning products. His public work centered on building relationships with professionals, educating families on prearranged services and strengthening the company’s market position. He also took part in industry conferences and training sessions for professionals. <ref name="Wiki">Wikipedia. “National Prearranged Services.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Prearranged_Services</ref>
National Prearranged Services, based in the St. Louis area, sold prepaid funeral contracts. Customers paid in advance so their families would not face funeral costs later. State law required the money to sit in trust accounts or backed insurance policies. Prosecutors said NPS did not hold the funds that way. The company spent customer money on company officers, operating costs, and payouts to earlier customers. Federal filings described it as a Ponzi-like scheme that ran for more than fifteen years before collapsing in 2008.<ref name="fbi-guilty">{{cite web |title=Former Employee of National Prearranged Services Inc. and Lincoln Memorial Life Insurance Company Brent Cassity Pleads Guilty to Fraud and Money Laundering Charges |url=https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/stlouis/press-releases/2013/former-employee-of-national-prearranged-services-inc.-and-lincoln-memorial-life-insurance-company-brent-cassity-pleads-guilty-to-fraud-and-money-laundering-charges |publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation |date=2013 |access-date=2026-06-03}}</ref><ref name="connecting-sentence" />


Cassity’s career changed after regulators began reviewing company practices connected to how trust funds were structured and managed. Questions arose about internal decision-making, product design and the handling of consumer funds. While Cassity maintained his public leadership role, investigators continued to examine the company’s records. Those issues eventually became the foundation for the federal case that followed.
More than 97,000 victims lost money. The group included individual customers, funeral homes, insurers, and financial institutions across at least sixteen states. Total losses ran past $450 million.<ref name="fox2-sentence">{{cite web |title=Prearranged funeral scammers sentenced to a total of 36 years |url=https://fox2now.com/news/fox-files/prearranged-funeral-scammers-sentenced-to-a-total-of-36-years/ |publisher=FOX 2 St. Louis |date=2013-11 |access-date=2026-06-03}}</ref> Brent Cassity served his term at the United States Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas. After his release he wrote a memoir and started a podcast, both titled ''Nightmare Success''.<ref name="brentcassity-site">{{cite web |title=Brent Cassity — Author, Speaker & Podcast Host |url=https://brentcassity.com/ |publisher=BrentCassity.com |date=2025 |access-date=2026-06-03}}</ref>


== Federal offense and prosecution ==
== Background ==
Federal prosecutors charged Cassity along with several co-defendants in a large case connected to National Prearranged Services. The indictment alleged misuse of trust funds, misleading insurance practices and false statements connected to state regulatory requirements. <ref name="DOJ">U.S. Department of Justice. “NPS Executives Indicted in Funeral Plan Case.” https://www.justice.gov</ref> The charges included mail fraud, wire fraud and misappropriation of funds held in trust.


Prosecutors stated that company executives diverted consumer payments and used funds in ways that conflicted with regulations governing prepaid funeral contracts. The government argued that the defendants worked to conceal shortfalls through internal transfers and inaccurate financial statements. Cassity pleaded guilty in 2013 to one count related to misrepresentations in connection with the management of the trusts. <ref name="STL" /> The plea resolved the larger set of charges against him. During sentencing the court addressed the scale of financial harm, the duration of the issues inside the company and the responsibility of each executive.
Brent Cassity grew up in a St. Louis family that ran a funeral and cemetery business. His father, James "Doug" Cassity, bought National Prearranged Services Inc. in 1979.<ref name="connecting-600">{{cite web |title=NPS Executives Plead Guilty In $600 Million Ponzi Scheme |url=https://connectingdirectors.com/40907-nps-executives-plead-guilty-in-600-million-ponzi-scheme |publisher=Connecting Directors |date=2013 |access-date=2026-06-03}}</ref> The company sat at the center of a cluster of related funeral, cemetery, and insurance entities. Brent Cassity became an officer of NPS and worked alongside his father and brother in the family enterprise.<ref name="fbi-guilty" />


In 2013 the judge sentenced Cassity to five years in federal prison. <ref name="STL" /> His case drew attention because of the size of the funeral planning industry, the number of affected consumers and the long period during which regulators reviewed company practices. The sentencing order required restitution and compliance with post-release conditions. His case became widely referenced in discussions about oversight of prepaid funeral funds and the responsibilities of executives in regulated trust-based industries.
He has said he first visited his father in a federal prison as a teenager. Doug Cassity had an earlier securities-fraud conviction. Decades later Brent Cassity entered the same federal system as a defendant.<ref name="brentcassity-site" />


== Incarceration and prison experience ==
Brent Cassity helped run the family's funeral operation as it expanded. By his own account the business grew from a handful of states to more than twenty.<ref name="2ndopp">{{cite web |title=From Rock Bottom to a New Beginning: Brent Cassity's Journey |url=https://www.2ndopp.com/post/from-rock-bottom-to-a-new-beginning-brent-cassity-s-journey |publisher=2nd Opportunity |date=2024 |access-date=2026-06-03}}</ref> One affiliated insurer, Lincoln Memorial Life Insurance Company, issued policies tied to the prepaid funeral contracts. The DOJ later named both NPS and Lincoln Memorial in the criminal case.<ref name="fbi-guilty" />
Cassity entered federal custody in 2012 and later transferred to a minimum-security federal prison camp, where he served most of his sentence. Public interviews and his memoir describe the intake process, the daily structure of camp life and the personal challenges of incarceration. <ref name="Book" /> He wrote about the shock of arrival, the adjustment to dormitory life, and the emotional weight of separation from family. He described work assignments that included maintenance duties, sanitation tasks and grounds work. These responsibilities followed Bureau of Prisons policy that requires all inmates to perform assigned jobs unless medically exempt.


Cassity took part in education programs, fitness routines and group discussions that focused on responsibility, personal growth and preparing for release. He wrote that he made significant progress during these programs and reflected on the consequences of his actions. He discussed the value of routines, reading, writing and conversations with other inmates. His account also describes challenges with guilt, regret and the need to rebuild trust with family members.
=== How prepaid funeral contracts work ===


During his sentence Cassity worked through emotional and cognitive-behavioral programs that the BOP uses to support re-entry. These included structured courses that parallel the goals of the [[Residential_Drug_Abuse_Program_(RDAP)|Residential Drug Abuse Program (RDAP)]] although he did not participate in RDAP specifically. His memoir highlights the role of discipline and reflection in adjusting to camp life. He completed his term without major disciplinary actions and gained early placement into community confinement as permitted under federal rules. His sentence concluded in 2017.
A prepaid funeral contract lets a customer plan and pay for a funeral before death. The buyer locks in services and prices. The seller is supposed to set the money aside until the funeral happens.


== Life after release ==
State laws set rules for that money. A company can hold it in a regulated trust account. A company can also buy a life insurance policy that pays out when the customer dies. Either way the funds must stay available for the funeral. Many buyers are older. Regulators built the rules around that fact. Prosecutors said NPS told customers, funeral homes, and state regulators that it followed these rules. It did not.<ref name="fbi-guilty" />
After release, Cassity returned home and began building a new career focused on storytelling, coaching and re-entry advocacy. He wrote “Nightmare Success,” a book that centers on accountability, resilience and life inside a federal prison camp. <ref name="Book" /> He later launched the [[Media/Nightmare_Success|Nightmare Success]] podcast, where he interviews formerly incarcerated individuals, defense lawyers and experts who work in justice-system reform. The show covers arrest, prosecution, prison life and re-entry in a conversational format. His guests often describe the emotional and logistical realities of incarceration.


Cassity speaks at events across the United States about compliance, ethics, decision-making and personal responsibility. His message focuses on learning from failure, supporting loved ones during prison sentences and building new foundations after release. He continues to write and consult with individuals facing federal investigations or preparing for prison. He maintains a presence on social media, produces weekly podcast episodes and remains active in outreach to re-entry organizations.
== National Prearranged Services Fraud ==


== Notable associates and related cases ==
Federal prosecutors said the fraud ran from the early 1990s until NPS collapsed in 2008. Money that should have stayed in trusts or insurance reserves went elsewhere.<ref name="fbi-guilty" /> Court records described several uses for the diverted funds:
* Doug Cassity, Brent’s father and founder of National Prearranged Services
 
* National Prearranged Services, the company at the center of the investigation 
* Personal enrichment of company officers and the Cassity family
* Former executives and co-defendants in the NPS case 
* Operating costs and sales commissions that legitimate revenue should have covered
* Payments to earlier customers whose contracts came due, the core mechanic of a Ponzi scheme
* Investments and spending unrelated to the funeral obligations<ref name="connecting-sentence" />
 
The scheme required steady deception of several groups. Customers were told their prepaid funds sat in trust. Funeral homes that signed with NPS believed the company would honor its contracts. State insurance regulators received financial statements that hid the shortfall. Lincoln Memorial and other affiliated insurers did not provide the protection customers thought they had paid for.<ref name="fbi-guilty" />
 
A judge later called it "an enormous Ponzi scheme."<ref name="connecting-sentence" /> One civil suit over the collapse described losses of roughly $500 million.<ref name="stltoday-civil">{{cite web |title=Civil trial starts in suit over $500 million fraud by prepaid funeral company in Clayton |url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/civil-trial-starts-in-suit-over-500-million-fraud-by-prepaid-funeral-company-in-clayton/article_ab87bd8d-345c-5e40-aeb8-ad22aa8ec2e4.html |publisher=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |date=2013 |access-date=2026-06-03}}</ref>
 
=== Collapse and investigation ===
 
NPS ran out of new money to cover old obligations. The structure failed in 2008. State insurance regulators and federal authorities opened investigations.<ref name="stltoday-civil" /> Investigators put the victim count above 97,000 and the losses past $450 million. The conduct had continued for more than fifteen years.<ref name="fox2-sentence" /><ref name="connecting-sentence" />
 
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and other agencies built the criminal case. Prosecutors charged six people connected to NPS and its affiliated companies.<ref name="connecting-sentence" />
 
== Charges and Sentencing ==
 
=== Guilty pleas ===
 
In 2013, Brent Cassity pleaded guilty to mail fraud, wire fraud, money laundering, and willfully permitting a felon to engage in the business of insurance. The last count concerned people with prior felony convictions who took part in the insurance operation. His father, Doug Cassity, then 67, pleaded guilty hours earlier to a similar set of charges and admitted that he organized and led the enterprise.<ref name="stltoday-guilty">{{cite web |title=Father, son plead guilty in St. Louis prepaid funeral scam case |url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-courts/father-son-plead-guilty-in-st-louis-prepaid-funeral-scam/article_64cc95bc-a953-5881-a5b5-fe55c3741b65.html |publisher=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |date=2013 |access-date=2026-06-03}}</ref>
 
The pleas were part of a larger case. Six defendants pleaded guilty to roles in the scheme.<ref name="connecting-sentence" />
 
=== Sentences ===
 
The court sentenced the six defendants in November 2013.<ref name="connecting-sentence" /> Brent Cassity received 60 months, or five years, in federal prison. The court tied his restitution to a joint judgment of about $435 million against the NPS defendants.<ref name="connecting-sentence" /> Doug Cassity received nine years and seven months, the term that reflected his role as the leader.<ref name="connecting-sentence" />
 
The other defendants received the following terms:<ref name="connecting-sentence" />
 
* David Wulf, an investment adviser: ten years
* Randall K. Sutton, the chief financial officer: seven years
* Howard Wittner, the company lawyer: three years
* Sharon Nekol Province, an employee: eighteen months
 
== Incarceration and After ==
 
Brent Cassity served his sentence at the United States Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas. The Leavenworth complex is one of the oldest federal prison sites in the country. He has said he reported to Leavenworth to begin the five-year term.<ref name="brentcassity-site" />
 
After his release he wrote a memoir, ''Nightmare Success: Loyalty, Betrayal, Life Behind Bars, Adapting, and Finally Breaking Free''. The book covers the family business, the fraud case, and his time in prison.<ref name="amazon-memoir">{{cite web |title=Nightmare Success: Loyalty, Betrayal, Life Behind Bars, Adapting, and Finally Breaking Free: A Memoir |url=https://www.amazon.com/Nightmare-Success-Betrayal-Adapting-Breaking/dp/1951943961 |publisher=Amazon |date=2022 |access-date=2026-06-03}}</ref><ref name="bn-memoir">{{cite web |title=Nightmare Success: Loyalty, Betrayal, Life Behind Bars, Adapting, and Finally Breaking Free: A Memoir |url=https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/nightmare-success-brent-cassity/1140549775 |publisher=Barnes & Noble |date=2022 |access-date=2026-06-03}}</ref>
 
He also hosts a podcast, ''Nightmare Success In and Out''. The show features interviews with people who have been through the criminal justice system and rebuilt afterward. Guests include former prisoners, advocates, and others who describe reentry and recovery.<ref name="apple-podcast">{{cite web |title=Nightmare Success In and Out |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nightmare-success-in-and-out/id1588287560 |publisher=Apple Podcasts |date=2025 |access-date=2026-06-03}}</ref><ref name="brentcassity-site" />
 
== Frequently Asked Questions ==
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{{FAQ|question=What was Brent Cassity convicted of?|answer=Brent Cassity pleaded guilty in 2013 to mail fraud, wire fraud, money laundering, and willfully permitting a felon to engage in the business of insurance. The charges came from his role in the National Prearranged Services prepaid funeral fraud.}}
{{FAQ|question=How long was Brent Cassity's sentence?|answer=A federal court in St. Louis sentenced him to five years, or 60 months, in November 2013. His father, Doug Cassity, received nine years and seven months.}}
{{FAQ|question=What was National Prearranged Services?|answer=National Prearranged Services was a St. Louis-area company that sold prepaid funeral contracts. Customers paid in advance, but the company did not hold the funds in trust or insurance as required. It operated as a Ponzi-like scheme for more than fifteen years before collapsing in 2008.}}
{{FAQ|question=How many people lost money in the NPS fraud?|answer=More than 97,000 victims lost money, including individual customers, funeral homes, insurers, and financial institutions across at least sixteen states. Total losses ran past $450 million.}}
{{FAQ|question=Where did Brent Cassity serve his sentence?|answer=He served his five-year sentence at the United States Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas. He has since been released.}}
{{FAQ|question=What does Brent Cassity do now?|answer=He wrote a memoir titled Nightmare Success and hosts a podcast, Nightmare Success In and Out, that interviews people who have been through the criminal justice system and rebuilt their lives.}}
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Latest revision as of 13:31, 3 June 2026

Brent Douglas Cassity
Born: circa 1967
St. Louis, Missouri
Charges: Mail fraud, Wire fraud, Money laundering, Permitting a felon to engage in the insurance business
Sentence: 5 years (60 months) federal prison
Facility: USP Leavenworth
Status: Released


Brent Douglas Cassity is an American former funeral-industry executive convicted in the National Prearranged Services fraud. He pleaded guilty in 2013 to mail fraud, wire fraud, money laundering, and willfully permitting a convicted felon to engage in the business of insurance. A federal court in St. Louis sentenced him to five years in prison.[1]

National Prearranged Services, based in the St. Louis area, sold prepaid funeral contracts. Customers paid in advance so their families would not face funeral costs later. State law required the money to sit in trust accounts or backed insurance policies. Prosecutors said NPS did not hold the funds that way. The company spent customer money on company officers, operating costs, and payouts to earlier customers. Federal filings described it as a Ponzi-like scheme that ran for more than fifteen years before collapsing in 2008.[2][1]

More than 97,000 victims lost money. The group included individual customers, funeral homes, insurers, and financial institutions across at least sixteen states. Total losses ran past $450 million.[3] Brent Cassity served his term at the United States Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas. After his release he wrote a memoir and started a podcast, both titled Nightmare Success.[4]

Background

Brent Cassity grew up in a St. Louis family that ran a funeral and cemetery business. His father, James "Doug" Cassity, bought National Prearranged Services Inc. in 1979.[5] The company sat at the center of a cluster of related funeral, cemetery, and insurance entities. Brent Cassity became an officer of NPS and worked alongside his father and brother in the family enterprise.[2]

He has said he first visited his father in a federal prison as a teenager. Doug Cassity had an earlier securities-fraud conviction. Decades later Brent Cassity entered the same federal system as a defendant.[4]

Brent Cassity helped run the family's funeral operation as it expanded. By his own account the business grew from a handful of states to more than twenty.[6] One affiliated insurer, Lincoln Memorial Life Insurance Company, issued policies tied to the prepaid funeral contracts. The DOJ later named both NPS and Lincoln Memorial in the criminal case.[2]

How prepaid funeral contracts work

A prepaid funeral contract lets a customer plan and pay for a funeral before death. The buyer locks in services and prices. The seller is supposed to set the money aside until the funeral happens.

State laws set rules for that money. A company can hold it in a regulated trust account. A company can also buy a life insurance policy that pays out when the customer dies. Either way the funds must stay available for the funeral. Many buyers are older. Regulators built the rules around that fact. Prosecutors said NPS told customers, funeral homes, and state regulators that it followed these rules. It did not.[2]

National Prearranged Services Fraud

Federal prosecutors said the fraud ran from the early 1990s until NPS collapsed in 2008. Money that should have stayed in trusts or insurance reserves went elsewhere.[2] Court records described several uses for the diverted funds:

  • Personal enrichment of company officers and the Cassity family
  • Operating costs and sales commissions that legitimate revenue should have covered
  • Payments to earlier customers whose contracts came due, the core mechanic of a Ponzi scheme
  • Investments and spending unrelated to the funeral obligations[1]

The scheme required steady deception of several groups. Customers were told their prepaid funds sat in trust. Funeral homes that signed with NPS believed the company would honor its contracts. State insurance regulators received financial statements that hid the shortfall. Lincoln Memorial and other affiliated insurers did not provide the protection customers thought they had paid for.[2]

A judge later called it "an enormous Ponzi scheme."[1] One civil suit over the collapse described losses of roughly $500 million.[7]

Collapse and investigation

NPS ran out of new money to cover old obligations. The structure failed in 2008. State insurance regulators and federal authorities opened investigations.[7] Investigators put the victim count above 97,000 and the losses past $450 million. The conduct had continued for more than fifteen years.[3][1]

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and other agencies built the criminal case. Prosecutors charged six people connected to NPS and its affiliated companies.[1]

Charges and Sentencing

Guilty pleas

In 2013, Brent Cassity pleaded guilty to mail fraud, wire fraud, money laundering, and willfully permitting a felon to engage in the business of insurance. The last count concerned people with prior felony convictions who took part in the insurance operation. His father, Doug Cassity, then 67, pleaded guilty hours earlier to a similar set of charges and admitted that he organized and led the enterprise.[8]

The pleas were part of a larger case. Six defendants pleaded guilty to roles in the scheme.[1]

Sentences

The court sentenced the six defendants in November 2013.[1] Brent Cassity received 60 months, or five years, in federal prison. The court tied his restitution to a joint judgment of about $435 million against the NPS defendants.[1] Doug Cassity received nine years and seven months, the term that reflected his role as the leader.[1]

The other defendants received the following terms:[1]

  • David Wulf, an investment adviser: ten years
  • Randall K. Sutton, the chief financial officer: seven years
  • Howard Wittner, the company lawyer: three years
  • Sharon Nekol Province, an employee: eighteen months

Incarceration and After

Brent Cassity served his sentence at the United States Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas. The Leavenworth complex is one of the oldest federal prison sites in the country. He has said he reported to Leavenworth to begin the five-year term.[4]

After his release he wrote a memoir, Nightmare Success: Loyalty, Betrayal, Life Behind Bars, Adapting, and Finally Breaking Free. The book covers the family business, the fraud case, and his time in prison.[9][10]

He also hosts a podcast, Nightmare Success In and Out. The show features interviews with people who have been through the criminal justice system and rebuilt afterward. Guests include former prisoners, advocates, and others who describe reentry and recovery.[11][4]

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What was Brent Cassity convicted of?

Brent Cassity pleaded guilty in 2013 to mail fraud, wire fraud, money laundering, and willfully permitting a felon to engage in the business of insurance. The charges came from his role in the National Prearranged Services prepaid funeral fraud.


Q: How long was Brent Cassity's sentence?

A federal court in St. Louis sentenced him to five years, or 60 months, in November 2013. His father, Doug Cassity, received nine years and seven months.


Q: What was National Prearranged Services?

National Prearranged Services was a St. Louis-area company that sold prepaid funeral contracts. Customers paid in advance, but the company did not hold the funds in trust or insurance as required. It operated as a Ponzi-like scheme for more than fifteen years before collapsing in 2008.


Q: How many people lost money in the NPS fraud?

More than 97,000 victims lost money, including individual customers, funeral homes, insurers, and financial institutions across at least sixteen states. Total losses ran past $450 million.


Q: Where did Brent Cassity serve his sentence?

He served his five-year sentence at the United States Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas. He has since been released.


Q: What does Brent Cassity do now?

He wrote a memoir titled Nightmare Success and hosts a podcast, Nightmare Success In and Out, that interviews people who have been through the criminal justice system and rebuilt their lives.


References

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 "National Prearranged Services Crooks Finally Get Prison Sentence". Connecting Directors. Retrieved 2026-06-03.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Former Employee of National Prearranged Services Inc. and Lincoln Memorial Life Insurance Company Brent Cassity Pleads Guilty to Fraud and Money Laundering Charges". Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved 2026-06-03.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Prearranged funeral scammers sentenced to a total of 36 years". FOX 2 St. Louis. Retrieved 2026-06-03.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Brent Cassity — Author, Speaker & Podcast Host". BrentCassity.com. Retrieved 2026-06-03.
  5. ↑ "NPS Executives Plead Guilty In $600 Million Ponzi Scheme". Connecting Directors. Retrieved 2026-06-03.
  6. ↑ "From Rock Bottom to a New Beginning: Brent Cassity's Journey". 2nd Opportunity. Retrieved 2026-06-03.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Civil trial starts in suit over $500 million fraud by prepaid funeral company in Clayton". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved 2026-06-03.
  8. ↑ "Father, son plead guilty in St. Louis prepaid funeral scam case". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved 2026-06-03.
  9. ↑ "Nightmare Success: Loyalty, Betrayal, Life Behind Bars, Adapting, and Finally Breaking Free: A Memoir". Amazon. Retrieved 2026-06-03.
  10. ↑ "Nightmare Success: Loyalty, Betrayal, Life Behind Bars, Adapting, and Finally Breaking Free: A Memoir". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved 2026-06-03.
  11. ↑ "Nightmare Success In and Out". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2026-06-03.


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