A woman from Sioux Falls, South Dakota is accused of taking money from two different adoption agencies that found parents for her unborn child, then backing out of the adoptions. A Sept. 13 Associated Press article provided the following details:

• Documents filed in U.S. District Court say [Melisa] Bergstedt contacted About U Adoptions in Milbank in November and offered her unborn baby for adoption exclusively through that agency.
  
• A few days later, she made the same offer to An Act of Love adoption agency in Boston.
• According to court documents, Bergstedt received nearly $1,500 from the agencies; money that was supposed to be used for pregnancy expenses. She has been charged with mail fraud.

Labels: laws, adoption fraud

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