Woman Steals Tens of Thousands in Adoption Support Money
Thu, Feb 21, 2013
Katrina Perry of Brooklyn Heights was found guilty yesterday of taking $33,000 in adoption support checks sent to her niece’s grandmother and legal guardian, Perry’s own mother, who died in 2006.
The child was put into foster care after the death of her grandmother. Perry did not inform the Administration for Children’s Services about the death and opened a fraudulent account in her mother’s name to cash the checks that continued to be sent for years.
Read more at the New York Post.
Tags: Administration for Children's Services, Brooklyn Heights, fraud
Sounds like a scam from the very beginning. Why was anyone receiving an Adoption Support check for adopting a family member? This money is meant for families who adopt a special needs child!