Adoption Scam Alert: Michigan Mother Busted For Wire Fraud
Michigan Mother Tara Lynn Lee Indicted For Wire Fraud Related To Multiple Fraudulent Adoption Scams
A federal grand jury returned an indictment on March 7, 2019, charging Tara Lynn Lee with eighteen counts of wire fraud. Lee allegedly operated an adoption scam using bogus corporate entities.
Lee operated in Michigan under the name Always Hope Pregnancy and Education Center. The State of Michigan never issued a license to Lee or her corporate entities to facilitate adoptions.
Yet, Lee repeatedly paired birth mothers with adoptive parents from 2014 to 2018. furthermore, Lee represented herself to adoptive parents as a licensed social worker with a legitimate adoption agency.
The indictment sets forth specific allegations of wire fraud. On several occasions, Lee matched adoptive parents to a birth mother. Other times, Lee also matched adoptive parents with birth mothers that did not exist. She also matched adoptive parents with women were not pregnant or had not decided to place their child into adoption. In addition, Lee also accepted payment from prospective adoptive parents for these fraudulent matches.
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