Adoption / Foster Care: In the News: Adoption Scam Artist Going to Prison

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In the News: Adoption Scam Artist Going to Prison May 2nd 2012, 15:25 She pretended to be pregnant and tricked five different adoption agencies, but Kansas City, Missouri resident, Roxanne Janel Jones, 35, will not be getting away with it.  She was sentenced to seven years and three months in federal prison yesterday for adoption fraud.  Jones admitted to tricking twenty-three different couples out of money and other living expenses with her adoption scheme.  She plead guilty to to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud, and one count of aggravated identity theft. Her accomplice, Taj A. Isaiah, 29, Kansas City, Missouri was sentenced to two years in prison for his part in the fraud. He pretended to be her landlord and lied to prospective adoptive parents. SOURCE: KCMO Woman Gets 7 Years for Adoption Scam Suggested Reading Woman Caught in Numerous Alleged Adoption Scams - First blog regrading this story, March 2011 What to Look for in an Adoption Agency All About Open Adoption for Birth and Placing Parents Open Adoptions 101 - for Adoptive Parents

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