CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – A Massachusetts funeral director faces more charges stemming from an investigation of an unlicensed Seabrook crematorium where police last February found unidentified remains and a decomposing body in a broken refrigerator.

Authorities say Derek Wallace, of Salisbury, Mass., accepted money for cremations he knew would be done illegally. He was indicted on four charges of theft by deception, bringing the total number of charges against him to seven. Indictments brought against him in June include a misdemeanor charge of mishandling a corpse, meaning he allowed a cremation to take place without first getting a certificate from a New Hampshire medical examiner.

Prosecutors said Wallace, whose Massachusetts funeral director’s license was suspended last August, schemed with his mother and stepfather to funnel clients to illegal cremations in New Hampshire.

“They created an impression and were promising that they were doing legal cremations when they knew they weren’t,” said Jim Reams, Rockingham County Attorney.

“They were required to know what the law means,” he said. “It’s not a learn-as-you-go business.”

Under Massachusetts law, a funeral director cannot also own a crematorium. Regulators suspended Wallace’s funeral director license last year after ruling he opened Bayview Crematorium in Seabrook, near the Massachusetts border, to get around the law. Wallace is fighting the suspension in court – a hearing in Lawrence is scheduled for Sept. 22.

Wallace sold Bayview Crematorium to his mother, Linda Stokes, and her husband, Larry Stokes, for $1, but continued to be involved in the business, according to court papers.

Authorities said their investigation of Bayview Crematorium turned up numerous cases of forged cremation certificates.

Wallace also ran Hart-Wallace Funeral Home in Lawrence and Simplicity Burial & Cremation in Salisbury. An answering service operator said Thursday that both businesses were closed indefinitely. Telephone messages left for Wallace, and his lawyer, Scott Gleason, were not immediately returned on Thursday.

Rockingham County grand jury indictments released this week included seven charges against Bayview Crematorium; two felony counts of theft by deception; and five misdemeanor charges for failing to file cremation certificates with the town of Seabrook.

The grand jury also levied more charges against James Fuller of Seabrook, a former Bayview associate who handled cremations. Fuller was indicted on eight counts of theft and fraud, bringing the total number of charges against him to 11. He is accused of falsifying a medical examiner’s form that approves a cremation.

A telephone message left on Thursday for a James Fuller of Seabrook was not immediately returned.

A third man, Putnam Breed of Hampton Falls, was indicted last June on two counts of fraudulent handling of documents.

Several families who claim Bayview mishandled their loved ones’ remains have filed lawsuits against the crematorium.