Metro-east funeral home owner, village trustee indicted on income tax fraud
A member of the St. Jacob board of trustees, who is also the owner and director of Richeson Funeral Home in Troy, has been indicted on charges of income tax fraud.
Guideon Richeson, 68, was indicted on July 17 on 11 counts related to the alleged fraud and failure to keep books, according to Madison County court documents.
Richeson declined to comment on the charges.
Court records state Richeson failed to submit tax return paperwork since the 2020 tax year. He also failed to provide books and records from 2017 to 2020.
Madison County election records show Richeson has been a board trustee since April 2, 2019. He was reelected on April 1 of this year.
Richeson bought Laughlin Funeral Home, located in Troy, from Jim Laughlin on January 11, 2008, according to reporting from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He previously worked at Mahn Funeral Home in his hometown of DeSoto, according to the Richeson Funeral Home’s website.
This story was originally published July 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM.
