Janet Posey/Mississippi sentenced for fraud!

It has taken years and years for this to happen!  She has only been sentenced for one of her many scams.  In the past she has scammed in adoption, through her local charities, she played off as a victim of Katrina, as a surrogate, even did an illegal adoption and falsified the child's birth certificate! She was convicted and sentenced for setting up a "go fund me" account by pretending to be a family member of the young lady was killed.   It just goes to show you how low some people will go and how far they will go when they are constantly getting away with these scams.  She reminds me of Halaina Walsh, aka Samantha Keegan. 

JACKSON, Miss. (WTVA) – A Union County woman is heading to prison after being convicted of scamming people following the death of 19-year-old Jessica Chambers. On Monday, Nov. 14, Janet Lee Posey, 41, of Blue Springs pled guilty to one count of false pretense. She was arrested in December 2014 after an investigation revealed she started an internet scam to raise money for the family of Chambers without their consent or knowledge. However, Attorney General Jim Hood says Posey never intended to give that money to the family but instead take it for her own personal use.                                  
Chambers was found burned on Dec. 6, 2014, and later died at a Memphis hospital. Twenty-eight-year-old Quinton Tellis was charged with capital murder for the death. Following her guilty plea, she was sentenced to 10 years in prison with three of those years suspended, leaving seven years to serve. Union County Circuit Court Judge John A. Gregory also sentenced her to three years of post-release supervision and to pay $1,433 in court costs.

http://www.wtva.com/news/Local_woman_convicted_of_scamming_people_following_Jessica_Chambers_death.html

Info you may need to know if you are getting a call or text from someone who is using "google voice"

     Google Voice allows someone to pick and choose a phone number, from anywhere they desire and have that number show up on caller ID. So say you have a call come in from Louisiana that person may really be in Florida.

     If you suspect this and have an open case, here is info on how to validate the number:

Since Google Voice numbers aren't listed in phone books or connected to physical addresses, they're difficult to trace. When you call contacts from your Google Voice number, it shows up on their caller ID, but standard phone traces don't reveal your identity. If law enforcement agencies become involved, Google provides them with your account information, including the IP address from which you created the account and placed calls.

NBCDateline Broken Trust/Heather Gaston, Burgess and other surnames.

Watch Sunday night April 5th 6CST for update of Heather Gaston and of her scams in adoption.  She is back out on the streets and has been convicted twice already.
Here is a preview:  http://www.nbcnews.com/watch/dateline/preview-hope-heartbreak-420723779538

If you missed the episode, here is an online link!  Wowsa, who's worse, Heather or Simone the one who ran an agency.  They both know what people want to hear and are not afraid to con them.  Despicable!  Heather is out of prison in PA and in a half way house now.  As far as I can see, she is not sorry for what she has done, and because of past behavior, she is predicting her future behavior.  Be careful out there potential adoptive parents, verify all the info you can! Do your research!

 http://www.nbc.com/dateline/video/dateline-hope-heartbreak/2855978?onid=209511#vc209511=1


UPDATE 8/1/2015  Heather is pregnant! She has been contacting various agencies and pap's. No one knows if she will place in the end, but in the mean time she may be going for the highest bidder, or trying to live off her pregnancy. Be vigilant!

Chrystal Marie Kippey/Marshall Tx arrested in KS!

This is proof that scammers who state they are pregnant but are not, can get arrested!
http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Woman-held-without-bond-in-Kansas-adoption-scam-5494099.php

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A woman accused of pretending to be pregnant to scam prospective adoptive parents in Kansas and elsewhere will remain held without bond while awaiting trial.

A federal magistrate judge in Kansas City, Kansas, ruled Tuesday that 34-year-oldChrystal Marie Rippey, of Marshall, Texas, is a serious flight risk. Rippey's attorney did not immediately return a phone message.

Rippey was indicted in February on federal charges of mail and wire fraud.

Prosecutors allege Rippey contacted adoption agencies and individuals, pretending she was pregnant and seeking to give up her unborn child for adoption. The indictment says prospective parents bought her meals and gifts, believing she was willing to let them adopt her baby after birth.

Kansas scammer! KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A woman accused of pretending to be pregnant to scam prospective adoptive parents in Kansas and elsewhere will remain held without bond while awaiting trial.

A federal magistrate judge in Kansas City, Kansas, ruled Tuesday that 34-year-old Chrystal Marie Rippey, of Marshall, Texas, is a serious flight risk. Rippey's attorney did not immediately return a phone message.

Rippey was indicted in February on federal charges of mail and wire fraud.

Prosecutors allege Rippey contacted adoption agencies and individuals, pretending she was pregnant and seeking to give up her unborn child for adoption. The indictment says prospective parents bought her meals and gifts, believing she was willing to let them adopt her baby after birth.
http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Woman-held-without-bond-in-Kansas-adoption-scam-5494099.php

Belinda Ramirez/Corpus Christi TX

Oh lordy, she just got out of prison and she is at it once again! Will she ever learn??
The best way to protect yourself from her is to make sure you get a proof of pregnancy that can be verified, and have her sign a release of medical information. DO NOT,,,I repeat, DO NOT drive, fly or walk until you get at least those two things.  Her story changes, there will be major red flags, but she can pull you in all the same.  She goes by different names, always wanting money, can make her stories believable, and has the same narcissistic personalities as a couple of others I have written about on this blog. In fact she kind of looks like one of the "others", even comes from the same state,  but is not the same person.
Here is a news article in regards to her last arrest:

WOMAN AT CENTER OF ADOPTION SCAM SENTENCED TO PRISON

(CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas) – Belinda Ramirez, who engaged in a second adoption scheme following her release from prison for her 2007 adoption scheme conviction, has been sentenced to prison, United States Attorney Don DeGabrielle announced today. In January 2007,  Ramirez was convicted of mail and wire fraud and sentenced by U.S. District Judge Janis Graham Jack to 24 months in federal prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for engaging in an adoption scam. In that case, Ramirez claimed to be pregnant, found and communicated online with couples seeking to adopt and solicited and received money and gift cards purportedly to cover pregnancy expenses from a number of prospective adoptive parents. Ramirez was not pregnant, spent the money and caused prospective parents to spend thousands of dollars to make trips to Corpus Christi in anticipation of a birth that never happened. By May 2008, Ramirez, who had completed her prison term and had been released from prison, began a second adoption scam. This second similar scheme – claiming a pregnancy, seeking adoptive parents online and soliciting things of value –  involved numerous victims who lost approximately $17,747.     Ramirez pleaded guilty to two felony offenses – mail fraud and wire fraud - arising from this second adoption scheme. Today, calling Ramirez’s behavior “egregious,” Judge Janice Graham Jack sentenced Ramirez to 30 months on each of the two counts for the 2008 case - the maximum sentence under the applicable guideline range, followed by three years of supervised release.  The sentences are to be served concurrently. In deciding the sentence, the court considered the sophisticated means used by Ramirez -- the use of a computer to look up adoption facilities and prospective adoptee profiles  – to target persons she knew to be vulnerable. Judge Jack furthered ordered Ramirez to have no access to cell phones,  no contact with the victims,  no access to the Internet and to obtain mental health and psychiatric care. The investigation into the second adoption scam case that led to Ramirez’s arrest on May 21, 2008, by special agents of the FBI-Corpus Christi office at a local motel in Beeville, Texas, was initiated after the FBI received a call from a detective of the Placer County Sheriff's Department in California about a suspicious adoption by a woman calling herself "Jennifer Silver." The California detective told FBI agents, Silver claimed to be looking to place her soon-to-be delivered baby up for adoption. A couple from Fresno, Calif., seeking to adopt a baby, was contacted by an adoption facilitator and placed in contact with Silver. The prospective adoptive couple was told by Silver they had been chosen as adoptive parents for her baby. Silver told the couple she needed financial assistance to cover expenses for food, clothing and medical necessities. The couple wired Silver a $800 Moneygram from California to Texas on May 19, 2008.  On May 21, 2008, FBI agents arranged to deliver an envelope addressed to Jennifer Silver from the California couple purported to contain approximately $500 in cash at the Beeville motel.   Belinda Ramirez was Jennifer Silver. Ramirez was arrested at the hotel when she accepted delivery of the envelope. Additionally, because Ramirez was serving a term of supervised release as part of her sentence in her first conviction when she orchestrated the second adoption scheme, she faced revocation and the imposition of a second prison term.  Judge Jack held a hearing, ordered the term of supervised release revoked and imposed a  24 month prison term on each of the two counts of conviction in that  case -  the maximum statutory sentence allowable. These terms of imprisonment are to be served consecutively to each other and to the 30 month sentence on the 2008 charges. Ramirez will serve a total of 78 months in the Bureau of Prisons. Ramirez has been in custody since her May 2008 arrest and will remain in federal custody to begin serving her prison terms. Both cases were prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Elsa Salinas Patterson.

Halaina Walsh/Mckenna Walsh/Florida/Texas/California/pregnancy/surrogacy

If you have any questions/comments in regards to Halaina Walsh, Mckenna Walsh from Florida, Texas or California and she has approached you about surrogacy or adoption, please feel free to contact me privately at adoptionscams@gmail.com  Also please see the post from May 20th 2013.

Thank you!!

Halaina Smith/Halaina Walsh/Surrogacy

6/25/13: Not totally happy with the post below because it seems to get ugly in the comment section, but what keeps driving me is the fact that this couple I speak about has a little girl in their home and her Birth Certificate does not speak the truth. She has biological parents in California,,,she has brothers and a sister, grandparents and she has a right to know about them. The "step parent" adoption that I recently learned, really did happen, is illegal, because the two people that have her,,neither are biological parents to her.
 Over the years I have not only investigated scams but have also helped adoptee's find their birthparent's or birthparent's find their child and have been well educated by this process, by friends in the adoption world and adoption  professionals.  I fight in my state and support other states so that all adult adoptee's can get a non certified copy of their original birth certificate and fully understand what it means to the adopted person to hold theirs,,to see what should be, the truth. Now you have a couple such as this one who had no problems with lying on the little girl's birth certificate. It takes a very selfish person to do this to another human being.  When this little girl finds out one day, she will question her trust in them.  Their selfish desires caused this little girls chapter one to become a lie,,,what else will they lie about with her? A question she someday will undoubtedly  ask.  THEN they involve a young lady in their scheme to bring yet another baby into their home and choose not to work with in the law.  Sure one of their hearts got broken, but they brought all of this upon themselves,,,don't they get it??? This is why there are laws. 
Colm Walsh, I heard how broken-hearted you were when you visited with your sons for the first and last time,,I am sorry you had to go threw all of this but you chose to walk this road. As far as I am concerned the boys have the best mommy they can be blessed with,,,their mommy,,they are right where they should be and hopefully one day you will realize that she is being their protector and just like most mommys do, she will go to the end of the earth for her children.  My hope for you is that one day you will admit what you know is the truth and make things right in your life.  Do it for the little girl you are loving and carrying for. In the mean time, keep her safe. Many people have googled your wife's name and contacted me over the years, and those who have seen you with the little girl say how wonderful you are with her and you are definitely daddy material. Do right by her before it is to late.

This part of my blog was started on 5/20/2013: Normally I post about scams in adoption,,in this case that is how I first heard about this person, she was scamming in adoption,,,,,,was one of those emotional scams looking for attention.  This person moved over into surrogacy,,not as your normal scammer, but worse.  This person is in need of much more mental help then most of the other emotional scammers.

Halaina Walsh, maiden name Halaina Smith (in her 20's) lives in Texas (DFW area) for the most part. She moves around some.  She is married to Colm Walsh and has a little girl in their care, but it is questionable if that little girl is biologically Colm's.  Because of Halaina's tactics in getting a baby into her home,,it is highly doubtful that he is.  The little girl was born in California and it is believed that Colm's name was put on her birth certificate by her real mother.  Within 2 weeks of the little girls birth they high tailed it out of Calif and went to Tx where Halaina was from.  What were they running from??

In the past Halaina went by Hallie and pretended to be pregnant and do an adoption plan.  She strung a couple along on her sick game.  It didn't happen once, but twice that I know of.  At the same time she was playing with others hearts, she was on fertility forums posting about wanting to get pg,,then getting pg, then loosing pregnancy,,,with some much drama.  She also buys and sells her fertility drugs online.  After 2 marriages, she married Colm,,and has had too many pregnancy's before and after her marriage to him to count,,loosing everyone of them, and can't show proof for any.   She has put the people in her life on a roller coaster,,some are smart enough to get off.  That is when I usually hear from them, as they know something is "off" about her and they see major red flags and google her name.  She has stolen from people, including her in laws. Some family members have a hard time dealing with her and no one trust her as far as they can throw her.

Her latest endeavor involved a vulnerable young lady who heard Halaina's "sad story",,felt sorry for her and agreed to become a surrogate. She trusted Halaina knew what she was talking about. What Halaina knew, was traditional (carriers eggs, donated sperm) surrogacy is against the law in TX. A surrogate in TX also must have a successful pregnancy prior to becoming a surrogate.  A couple of other laws in there that she broke too.  You see Halaina is smart (not so much),,she has to be, and educates herself on "how I can get away with this to fulfill my own desires"  She is very calculating, manipulative, and narcissistic.   She played doctor and gave meds,,manipulated doctors, and medical staff.  Well for a while she did,,they eventually figured her out,,saw her for who she really is.  To get the young lady pregnant, they basically used the "turkey baster method",,even though she had a check up with the doctor,,Halaina played doctor in the end.

When they went to get an ultrasound done, Halaina had the tech put her name on the ultrasound,,,how did that happen you ask?? Well Halaina had a fake ID made up (remember she is very resourceful and smart) with this young lady's picture and her own name.  Went to ultrasound place  where no one knew them and had it done.  She then proceeded to lead family and friends into believing she was the one who was pregnant.  Pretty sick huh???  Oh and Colm went along with it,,even with his own family.  They even posted a picture of the two of them making a heart sign over Halaina's stomach...She is heavy so it does look like a pregnant belly. They will tell you they did this because his parents wouldn't except a grandbaby via surrogacy, because they didn't except their daughter who they claimed was born via surrogacy......lies, lies and more lies. The biological mother and father both have stated the baby (little girl) is theirs....shame on them for allowing such sick people to take her.   The little girl wasn't born via a surrogacy contract in the first place. AND the parents had already heard so many lies from her that they came to the conclusion they couldn't believe one word that comes out of her mouth.  Every few months they would hear she was pregnant with one, two, four babies,,,then poof they were gone.  The problem with people like Halaina is they live in a fantasy world,,kind of sad really,,but even worse, they pull innocent people into it.

The saga with her is not over with her yet.  She is mad as a hot hen because the young lady who got pregnant delivered twins and chose to parent.  She figured things out soon enough. I think Halaina would not make a good parent and needs to spend the next few years in counseling and not in a home parenting children.  She is posting on the internet looking for a new surrogate. Offering about $3000.  Watch out college students,,,she will give you clomid which can cause great havoc on your ovaries!!  She will promise you $10-20 thousand dollars once you give her the baby (you will never see it) and all the while not give a care to the fact that if you hand your baby over to her in the state of TX as a traditional surrogate you can be charged with human trafficking.  If you don't believe me then call no less then 3 surrogate attorney's,,,,,,and not the one she would tell you to call.

  This is where she is looking for a new surrogate/egg donor.

http://www.eggdonordfw.com/blog.html  She is telling me:  Traditional surrogacy isn't illegal in texas, it just isn't recognized. It's handled differently then a gestational surrogacy. Instead of the intended parents names going directly on the birth certificate, the surrogates name goes on the birth certificate along with the intended mothers husband then the intended mother completes a step parent adoption to get her name on the birth certificate. It's a relatively easy process but it does involve the intended mother undergoing CPS checks, an FBI background check, being fingerprinted, and an adoption home study with the couple and the child. 

This instead of straight up adoption????

Need to make a couple of corrections/updates here,,I posted this before,,deleted it but it is time for it to get put back up.,,,,,,,,,,,we THINK she may be married,,,there was a ceremony BUT no where in TX can you find a divorce between her and Joseph Bradam (2nd husband) or in Calif.  She did file for a divorce in San Mateo county california, asked for fee to be waived, judge said no, she never paid the fee, even after the clerk contacted her and she said she would come in to pay it,,,,,,,file closed,,,,,,,,,,SO?? is she Halaina Walsh or Halaina Smith like her TX ID states???

This woman is scary,,,and he is following in her foot steps!  They cannot produce evidence of a legal adoption of the little girl that was born in California,,and he lied about being the biological father,,no adoption,,no proven paternity, has the child illegally. Question is,,how long will they be able to keep her in their home??

As of today,,case asking for custody of the twin baby boys,,,Colm dropped the case,,,why??? He can't produce all that he needs too??? Or refuses to do so.

And Halaina Smith is still saying "I think I am pregnant"  and in search of a surrogate.......doubt she will ever stop,,,now Colm just gave up his chances of having a relationship with his boys,,,,,,all for her???????

Boy oh boy, this case qualifies for a lifetime movie!!

ANOTHER UPDATE!

There was a "step parent" adoption with the little girl.  An unsuspecting attorney petitioned for the adoption.  That attorney, now knows the truth,,,,,,,,,,,wonder if she will do the right thing and get that adoption over turned??? She knows that she was lied too and cannot trust a thing she was told. That poor little girl is growing up as a secret and if you have any clue as to how an adopted person feels as a "secret" you would understand this is not morally right, not ethically right...and harms the child/adults soul.   Once again this shows the self serving characters of these two people.

Here is a picture that Halaina recently had on her public FB page.  Would you look at this pic and think,,,Ohh she is pregnant with a girl and is in a hospital/clinic being monitored?????  WITH SUNGLASSES??? Sunglasses  threw up a red flag for me,,so I did an image search and found the owner of this actual picture,,,and of course it was not Halaina,,look close,,pretty good photoshopping Halaina!  Or did this gal steal your picture Halaina???  http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://austin-katie.com/photos/Pregnancy/img042-sm.jpg&imgrefurl=http://austin-katie.com/pregnancy.htm&h=518&w=648&sz=39&tbnid=CqzTOqCuH2NnWM:&tbnh=95&tbnw=119&zoom=1&usg=__sgPOyrxgz_m9_inbijNl0rNov6Y=&docid=KAhjohpUSgAa_M&sa=X&ei=lpizUdONOKmOygHwn4FA&ved=0CDwQ9QEwAg&dur=478 

While I am adding pictures,,I would like to add this ultrasound. Notice it looks like the real thing,,,because it is,,it is an ultrasound and has Halaina Walsh's name on it.........seems she is pregnant with twins........how did you do that Halaina????  It was actually the young lady who had the ultrasound done,,,but you had your name added,,,how did you do that Halaina????  It was an ultrasound that you soooooooooooo proudly posted and sent out as Halaina and Colm being pregnant with twins........sick,,just sick.

UPDATE JULY 7th 2013

Another interesting contact came forward because of this blog.  Seems people google HSW's name often.  This person who contacted me almost became an egg donor for the Walsh's, (within two weeks after the twins were born) How quickly HSW got over the mom changing her mind and deciding to keep.,,thankfully she was able to see through HSW enough to know that she needed to back out.  She was able to figure out the lies she was being told, to question what she was being told, and question her own safety.  HSW even went so far as to get someone to act as the surrogate who had the twins, on a phone call and explain why she backed out.  Wonder how HSW talked someone into doing that or why??? Who would ask someone to do that??? Hope that person realized the only reason she was asked is because HSW was probably lying through her teeth about things,,,,as she has done to so many before.  Sure it will be a matter of time before that person decides that being used, manipulated, abused is not the kind of life she wants and has the strength to tell HSW where to go.  
Noticed this person had made a couple of comments on HSW's fundly fundraiser page,,,and now that has been deleted. Must have scared HSW?? probably not,,she doesn't scare easy,,she believes everything she tells herself.
Once again, this person told me something I have heard so many times,,and that is the threats HSW hands out when she doesn't get what she wants.  Understand, people are afraid of HSW, not for any other reason but for her acting like someone in her terrible twos with a gun. That is the kind of "crazy" people have had to deal with when telling her no, or calling her out. She once again sent a death threat,,she does not type these death threats out on her own, anyway she can make it seem she did not do something,,she will take that route,,but she really is not as smart as she would like one to think. She also becomes a stalker,,,,,,,,,where is the little girl while she is acting crazy? How safe is this little girl??

 I have listened to people tell me how she has bullied them, manipulated them, conned them and the worst is how badly she treats the little girl she has her home, this person who contacted me shared the same.  Come on Colm,,step up for God's sake!! Grow some new ones and take care of that baby!!

HSW also went to a group for moms of multiples,,even after not getting the babies,,she was asked to leave...yes, HSW you know who I am talking about,,you went even after this lady wanted nothing more to do with you,,intimidation by fear???  You are getting mighty bold!




Update- August 2 2013:

Here is the fake paternity test she claimed was the proof that Colm is the little girls father.  Can find similar one online.  She had posted this on a FB page she had done to bad mouth the surrogate, and to gain unsuspecting support. She had blackened all of the results out,, probably because she would have had to change all the # results and it was too much work.  

Update 8/4/2013:  Hailyn?? Really Halaina??  or should I say Hadley?? So  you knew you were moving prior to the termination papers were served??  U weren't going to share the boys were you, you couldn't stand that and you weren't going to allow Colm to stay in their lives. How did you justify that with him?  Here is one of the few different names Halaina has used over the years...Or should I say Mckenna Walsh, Hadley Breathnach, Hadley Brannagh?? Halaina Smith, Alaina Smith, Halisha Smith, Alaina Walsh, Halaina Walsh, and a few others..geeeesh.  A flexitarian my butt..

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    Two different post, both full of lies, and both done by the same person.
    
    
    
    http://www.surrogatefinder.com/surrogates/16436/
    
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    She claims I stalk her.  Sure it seems like it at times.  The things is, you know she will never be quiet, it is not in her character.  A scammer or one with a narcissistic personality always has to feel in control of other people and their reactions. They always feel they must be right, have no empathy for others, view their world as they see fit,,,unable to stand on the outside and look into their lives because if they did, they wouldn't like what they see,,,what others easily see.  Also, if they saw what others do, they would see the hurt they have caused, and since they lack the ability to "feel", they lack the ability to deal with the consequences.  In fact that do not think consequences exist,,they are always planning and plotting,,,needing to stay one to ten steps ahead of everyone,,,,but they are part of human nature, and one day it will all crumble.  One who is of this character is in constant need of attention, and they set patterns.  Seems like the "pattern" has began once again and the need for attention is very strong right now.  Her need for control is also very strong,,,,,,,,,,,I knew it was only a matter of time, as this is her pattern.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    

    
    

    
    

    
    

    
    

    5/23/14  Wow it never ceases to shock me!  Yet another person has contacted me with their story of how they once trusted and then were deceived by this gal.  I am alway sorry to hear this has happened and continue to happen. No one deserves to be hurt like so many have.

    
    

    
    

    
    

    
    

    8/1/14   UGH!  Once again Haygen's name has been changed!  Someone needs to get educated on what happens to a person's being when you change their identity. The effects can be monumental.  

    Same old, same old with Halaina,,,,she tells people she needs to change her name because of this blog,,REALLY??? Why not just stop what she is doing,,,why not be happy with what she has?? Why does she have to try and ruin another persons life, especially when she is not getting what she wants.  She can keep changing her name, but she will never change who she is on the inside,,,she leaves a trail every where she goes. 

    Again surrogacy,,,,she is trying for the "sister wife" situation.  She wants to get someone pregnant with Colm's sperm in a way that she does not have to put out any funds.  Although she will promise money and medical care,,maybe even legals,,she will write up her own contract, present it as legal and have one go to a notary,,,but in reality,,esp with the fraudulent names,,,it is not legal. She prays upon unsuspecting young ladies,,,ones who fall for her "victim" stories and so they are thinking they are helping this "poor, poor soul".  She is very good at what she does.  BEWARE!

    
    

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