It was a sad funeral.

Mourners gathered at a Florida church on June 2, 2013, to celebrate the life of businessman Jose Lantigua, who had apparently fallen ill and died while on vacation in Venezuela. Two pastors gave messages. An honor guard saluted him. The mourners sang “Amazing Grace.”

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But prosecutors say it was a funeral for someone who was very much alive, and that Lantigua faked his death to escape millions of dollars in complicated business debts.

On Saturday, Lantigua, 62, was arrested in North Carolina on a bevy of charges, including fraud. It is unclear how investigators tracked him down.

A Jacksonville prosecutor tells First Coast News that Lantigua had at least seven insurance policies totalling $9 million.

“I’ve never had a case like this,” assistant state attorney Joe Licandro told the newspaper.

Now, Lantigua has a web of civil actions and criminal charges to navigate. In addition to numerous civil suits filed against his furniture company, he faces several angry insurance companies.

Some of the insurers had already paid out their death benefits, based on paperwork from Venezuela. The documents said that Lantigua had been sick and died during a visit, and his body was cremated.

But other insurance companies were suspicious that they were being swindled and had previously asked a judge to declare that Lantigua was still alive.

According to ABC News, Lantigua was arrested with his wife, Daphne Simpson, who had backed up the claims that Lantigua was dead.

Simpson has been released from jail on $200,000 bail. Lantigua is being held without bond.