Showing posts with label fraud. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fraud. Show all posts
Saturday, August 03, 2019

Birth mom charged in adoption fraud case locked up on new bond violation

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A birth mother charged in a nationwide adoption fraud case has been locked up once again. Enhelica Wiggins appeared in U. S. District Court ...
Thursday, August 01, 2019

Judge keeps Macomb County mom in adoption fraud case locked up

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A Macomb County mother at the center of a national adoption fraud case will stay behind bars until her trial. That’s the decision of a feder...
Sunday, July 28, 2019

Former CCPD Officer accused of impersonating a CPS worker may have violated bond

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The former Corpus Christi police officer who's accused of impersonating a Child Protective Services case worker may have violated her bo...
Saturday, July 27, 2019

Huger couple accused of international adoption scheme to appear in Federal Court Thursday

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Charleston, SC The couple accused of trying to smuggle a baby out of Japan is set to appear before a federal judge Thursday. Stephanie Jea...
Wednesday, July 03, 2019

Sarasota County deputies uncover statewide data breach led by DCF employee

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A statewide identity theft crime ring has been shut down by the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office. The ringleader was an official at the Depa...
Friday, June 28, 2019

Woman who faked pregnancy in bizarre adoption case to serve 2 years in prison

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Elizabeth Jones, a Virginia woman who faked being pregnant to dupe an Orange County couple in 2018, pleaded guilty to eight felony count...
Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Former Texas probation officer charged in adoption effort

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Authorities say a North Texas probation officer fabricated records and sought to revoke the probation of a pregnant woman whose child the of...
Sunday, June 23, 2019

Former Texas Probation Officer Charged After Fabricating Records To Adopt Child

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Authorities say a North Texas probation officer fabricated records and sought to revoke the probation of a pregnant woman whose child the of...
Saturday, June 22, 2019

Former head of foster care agency sent to federal prison for nearly 3 years for embezzling more than $1 million

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A judge Friday sentenced a Portland woman to two years and nine months in federal prison for stealing more than $1 million from an Oregon fo...
Sunday, June 09, 2019

Adoption scammers: A new breed of wolf

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“She is 18 years old and she’s scared. She’s getting on a plane today at 1pm on her way to Washington DC to have an abortion…unless she can ...
Monday, April 01, 2019

How fake child adoption syndicate steals babies from desperate mums

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The distraught mother was kept waiting in a room for seven hours last Saturday, her stomach in knots as she waited to be reunited with her s...
Saturday, March 16, 2019

Feds: Mom charged in adoption fraud scheme made $1.6 million

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In new court records just filed, federal prosecutors reveal Tara Lynn Lee took in more than $1.6 million dollars in 2017 and 2018. The 7 Inv...
Monday, March 11, 2019

Woman who faked pregnancy, promised adoption indicted on nine felony counts

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Faking a pregnancy doesn’t appear to be against the law. But using a false pretense to convince a potential adoptive family to buy baby cl...
Saturday, March 09, 2019

Family sobs as Macomb County mom's bond revoked in adoption scheme

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With her family members sobbing in the courtroom, a Macomb County mother at the center of a nationwide adoption investigation has lost her f...
Friday, March 08, 2019

Michigan woman charged with defrauding couples in adoptions

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A Macomb County woman has been indicted on fraud charges for an alleged scheme to collect money from couples who wanted to adopt children. ...
Sunday, January 27, 2019

Special prosecutor recommends five years in prison for woman who faked pregnancy, planned adoption

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She may have gotten away with being cruel, if she hadn’t been on probation at the time. Elizabeth Jones, the woman who faked being pregnan...
Saturday, January 12, 2019

FBI busts woman who ran fake adoption services for YEARS and scammed desperate prospective parents out of tens of thousands of dollars

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A Michigan woman is charged with wire fraud following an investigation into claims that she conned hopeful adoptive parents out of tens of t...
Wednesday, January 09, 2019

U.S. couple’s adoption dreams crushed after birth mom fakes pregnancy

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In December 2018, California-based couple Matt and Laura Trayte posted a heartbreaking story on Facebook, claiming the woman who agreed to b...
Thursday, November 29, 2018

Fake CPS worker tried tricking cops into helping her kidnap an infant, Nevada police say

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It’s not uncommon for Child Protective Services workers to ask police for help removing a child from a home, according to a Las Vegas police...

Police: Woman accused of posing as CPS worker in attempt to kidnap 3-week-old baby

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Las Vegas police are investigating the attempted kidnapping of a 3-week-old baby by a woman who posed as a Child Protective Services worker....