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Fraud: $20,000 in Child Support

buckeyegrad

Don't Immanentize the Eschaton
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I have no idea what I would do if this happened to me. How can someone fool this many people to believe on a matter such as this?

Man paid $20,000 in support for nonexistent child

http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/7878.html

"ALBUQUERQUE — Steve Barreras’ attorney said he had never seen anything like it.

After Barreras was hauled into court, peppered with threats and demands for money for a child he adamantly denied fathering five years ago and even paid out $20,000 to support, his ex-wife was under a judge’s order to produce the child.

So last week, Viola Trevino picked up a 2-year-old girl and her grandmother off the street, promised them a trip to see Santa Claus and $50 and took the girl to court, alleging it was her daughter.

The elaborate ruse stretched over five years and involved fake DNA evidence, a forged Social Security number and birth and baptismal certificates, court records show.

Last week, state District Judge Linda Vanzi ruled the child did not exist........"
 
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