«Breaking News» Woman sentenced to five years in prison for nationwide adoption scam

A North Carolina woman has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for a nationwide adoption scam that devastated 17 couples. 

Wendy George, 39, pleaded guilty on Friday to 10 counts of obtaining property by false pretenses, one count of felony accessing a computer to perpetuate fraud, and one count of Medicaid fraud. 

She was sentenced to serve 50 to 64 months in prison as well as an additional 22 to 37 months, which was suspended for three years of supervised probation. 

In November 2016 George posted on social media and various adoption websites that she was expecting and wanted to give up her baby for adoption. 

But George was never pregnant. 

Wendy George, 39, has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for a nationwide adoption scam that devastated 17 couples

In November 2016 George posted on social media and various adoption websites that she was expecting and wanted to give up her baby for adoption

Instead George obtained a positive pregnancy test using her pregnant friend's urine that she then used to receive Medicaid benefits from the Department of Social Services. 

George also paid her pregnant friend $20 to get an ultrasound in her name so that she could send the image as proof to couples who who responded to her posts, according to WWAY. 

At least 17 couples from across the US entered into discussions with George about adopting her alleged child, even sending her hundreds of dollars when she asked for help to pay for food, housing, and doctor appointments. 

It wasn't until February 2017 that an Ohio couple became suspicious and called the Carolina Beach Police Department. 

George was sentenced to serve 50 to 64 months in prison as well as an additional 22 to 37 months, which was suspended for three years of supervised probation

George used her pregnant friend's urine to obtain a positive pregnancy test and also paid the same friend $20 to get an ultrasound in her name as proof to interested couples 

They told authorities they had given George several hundred dollars for both food and rent. 

An investigation revealed that at least 16 other people had also been swept up in George's adoption scam. 

George, who was on probation at the time for selling drugs, was arrested that March. 

This is hardly George's first run in with the law. 

An investigation revealed that at least 16 other people had also been swept up in George's adoption scam

In 2012 she was convicted of 16 fraud charges in New Hanover County for a condo scam. 

George rented out condos on Craigslist and collected payment before her guests arrived. 

It was only after the vacationers got to the listed address - or couldn't get into the building - that they realized they had been scammed. 

Two years later, George pulled off a similar scam and rented a beach condo on Craigslist to a couple, collected their money, and then never sent them the unit number. 

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Main photo article A North Carolina woman has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for a nationwide adoption scam that devastated 17 couples. 
Wendy George, 39, pleaded guilty on Friday to 10 counts of obtaining property by false pretenses, one count of felony accessing a computer to perpetuate fraud, ...

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