Westbrook Police Looking Into Alleged Adoption Fraud

PPH:

Westbrook Police Chief William Baker said the
pregnant women had promised multiple couples the adoptive rights to their babies
over the past several months. Each woman allegedly received more than $20,000
from those couples and the agencies that represented them, without intending to
make good on their promises. The number of couples victimized in these cases
could be more than a dozen, Baker said. "I'm aware of various other kinds of
adoption fraud, including those that involve international agencies," the chief
said. "But this particular type of scam, I have not seen before."

- John C.L. Morgan