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bondwooley

(1,198 posts) Fri Oct 11, 2019, 05:25 PM Oct 2019

But He Looked So Wholesome!

Paul Petersen, the Republican assessor of Arizona’s most populous county, was charged in Utah, Arizona, and Arkansas with counts including human smuggling, sale of a child, fraud, forgery, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

The charges span about three years and involve some 75 adoptions. Investigators also found eight pregnant women from the Marshall Islands in raids of his properties outside Phoenix, and several more are waiting to give birth in Utah, authorities said.

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But He Looked So Wholesome! (Original Post) bondwooley Oct 2019 OP

Keep peeling the Onion. Wellstone ruled Oct 2019 #1

Or the crab apple bondwooley Oct 2019 #2

Watch how Reyes Wellstone ruled Oct 2019 #3

And defrauding Medicare keithbvadu2 Oct 2019 #4

Medicaid? nt Blue_true Oct 2019 #5

Yep bondwooley Oct 2019 #6

Wow. That is sad. He deserves a lot of jail time, as did anyone who helped in the scheme. Blue_true Oct 2019 #7

The women should be helped, not punished. fayhunter Oct 2019 #10

I agree that they should be helped, but they should not get out of this Blue_true Oct 2019 #11

Ooh...weird values representative! Karadeniz Oct 2019 #8

And have to love that bondwooley Oct 2019 #9

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)

1. Keep peeling the Onion.

Reply to bondwooley (Original post)

Fri Oct 11, 2019, 05:35 PM

Oct 2019

If there ever was a Baby selling scheme,you will find it in Utah or Arizona.

bondwooley

(1,198 posts)

2. Or the crab apple

Reply to Wellstone ruled (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 11, 2019, 06:03 PM

Oct 2019

(trying to think of something more bitter than an onion...)

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)

3. Watch how Reyes

Reply to bondwooley (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 11, 2019, 06:52 PM

Oct 2019

covers for his Cult.

keithbvadu2

(36,869 posts)

4. And defrauding Medicare

Reply to bondwooley (Original post)

Fri Oct 11, 2019, 07:23 PM

Oct 2019

And defrauding Medicare.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)

5. Medicaid? nt

Reply to keithbvadu2 (Reply #4)

Fri Oct 11, 2019, 07:52 PM

Oct 2019

bondwooley

(1,198 posts)

6. Yep

Reply to Blue_true (Reply #5)

Fri Oct 11, 2019, 08:52 PM

Oct 2019

Medicaid, not Medicare. To the tune of about $800,000 if memory serves.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)

7. Wow. That is sad. He deserves a lot of jail time, as did anyone who helped in the scheme.

Reply to bondwooley (Reply #6)

Fri Oct 11, 2019, 08:59 PM

Oct 2019

The women that had babies should get minimal punishment, if any. My guess is they were second to their babies as victims of that monster.

fayhunter

(221 posts)

10. The women should be helped, not punished.

Reply to Blue_true (Reply #7)

Sat Oct 12, 2019, 10:25 AM

Oct 2019

They were victims of the upside-down things in this world.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)

11. I agree that they should be helped, but they should not get out of this

Reply to fayhunter (Reply #10)

Sat Oct 12, 2019, 05:47 PM

Oct 2019

free if the knowingly took part. A detailed effort should be made to determine their exact level of involvement.

My first guess is they were grossly and repeatedly lied to, then held as virtual prisoners until delivering their children, if that is in fact what took place, there should be zero legal consequences for them and lots of help, though I don't hold out hope for the help given that the USA under Trump, Arizona and Utah are involved.

Karadeniz

(22,557 posts)

8. Ooh...weird values representative!

Reply to bondwooley (Original post)

Fri Oct 11, 2019, 09:06 PM

Oct 2019

bondwooley

(1,198 posts)

9. And have to love that

Reply to Karadeniz (Reply #8)

Fri Oct 11, 2019, 10:02 PM

Oct 2019

accessor, his title, is defined as "a person who evaluates the quality of a person or thing."

Go figure.

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