Agent Matt Sluss

As Agent Matt Sluss told me, This was not just a, I'm stealing your money case. Often, in a fraud case, pain is only inflicted by, oh, I've lost my life savings. In this case, it was that plus I thought I was going to be able to adopt a baby or now I've been coerced out of my baby.

As Agent Matt Sluss told me, This was not just a, I'm stealing your money case. Often, in a fraud case, pain is only inflicted by, oh, I've lost my life savings. In this case, it was that plus I thought I was going to be able to adopt a baby or now I've been coerced out of my baby.

As Agent Matt Sluss told me, This was not just a, I'm stealing your money case. Often, in a fraud case, pain is only inflicted by, oh, I've lost my life savings. In this case, it was that plus I thought I was going to be able to adopt a baby or now I've been coerced out of my baby.

So they could give us contracts. They could show us exactly how much and when they paid.

So they could give us contracts. They could show us exactly how much and when they paid.

So they could give us contracts. They could show us exactly how much and when they paid.

In most fraud schemes, you've made the lie, you've taken the money. The communications are often done. In this particular situation, you have a whole pregnancy now where you have somebody on the hook for fraud early on that you have to continue to lie, continue to make misrepresentations, and continued to make something very sensitive feel very real for months.

In most fraud schemes, you've made the lie, you've taken the money. The communications are often done. In this particular situation, you have a whole pregnancy now where you have somebody on the hook for fraud early on that you have to continue to lie, continue to make misrepresentations, and continued to make something very sensitive feel very real for months.

In most fraud schemes, you've made the lie, you've taken the money. The communications are often done. In this particular situation, you have a whole pregnancy now where you have somebody on the hook for fraud early on that you have to continue to lie, continue to make misrepresentations, and continued to make something very sensitive feel very real for months.

At the end of those, you know, six to eight months, now Tara has a problem because there's no baby. And she has to lie to them again and in order to end or fail that adoption match.

At the end of those, you know, six to eight months, now Tara has a problem because there's no baby. And she has to lie to them again and in order to end or fail that adoption match.

At the end of those, you know, six to eight months, now Tara has a problem because there's no baby. And she has to lie to them again and in order to end or fail that adoption match.

And then over the next months, as Tara typically would do, she would provide updates about the pregnancy, making the adoption situation feel as real as she could. In this particular situation, Tara failed the match by telling the adoptive parents that Roshanda, the birth mother, had been shot and killed, and the baby died in utero.

And then over the next months, as Tara typically would do, she would provide updates about the pregnancy, making the adoption situation feel as real as she could. In this particular situation, Tara failed the match by telling the adoptive parents that Roshanda, the birth mother, had been shot and killed, and the baby died in utero.

And then over the next months, as Tara typically would do, she would provide updates about the pregnancy, making the adoption situation feel as real as she could. In this particular situation, Tara failed the match by telling the adoptive parents that Roshanda, the birth mother, had been shot and killed, and the baby died in utero.

Tara then even solicited funds from the adoptive parents to help cover funeral costs.

Tara then even solicited funds from the adoptive parents to help cover funeral costs.

Tara then even solicited funds from the adoptive parents to help cover funeral costs.

She's taking adoptive parents to the point that they're remodeling their houses to create nurseries. And people are raising money through church fundraisers. They're cashing out their retirement funds. You have birth mothers that are being coerced, pressured into giving up their babies or dealing with the loss of their children. You have adoptive parents that do have kids.

She's taking adoptive parents to the point that they're remodeling their houses to create nurseries. And people are raising money through church fundraisers. They're cashing out their retirement funds. You have birth mothers that are being coerced, pressured into giving up their babies or dealing with the loss of their children. You have adoptive parents that do have kids.