http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/06/25/1088046269178.html?oneclick=true

Jolie's adoption drama
June 25, 2004

A Hawaii woman who helped Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie adopt a
Cambodian boy has pleaded guilty to visa fraud and money laundering as part of
a ring that paid poor women as little as $US100 ($A145) for their children, her
lawyer said.

Lauryn Galindo, 53, and her sister in Seattle, Lynn Devin, received fees of
$US10,000 ($A14,580) or more to arrange adoptions by US residents of children
described as orphans, even though many still had parents, according to the
documents.

Devin, who pleaded guilty in December, but has not yet been sentenced, and
Galindo have agreed to surrender all property associated with the crimes,
including a home in Hawaii and a Jaguar automobile.

Galindo's public defender lawyer, Jay Stansell, declined to comment further.

The sisters operated an agency called Seattle International Adoptions, which
paired hundreds of children from Cambodia with adoptive parents from 1997 to
2001, when suspicious US immigration authorities halted adoptions from the
impoverished Southeast Asian country.

Jolie, who won a best supporting actress Academy Award in 2000 for her role in
Girl, Interrupted and more recently starred in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and Life
or Something Like It, adopted her Cambodian-born son, Maddox, last year after
meeting him in an orphanage in November 2001.



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A good friend will come and bail you out of jail . . . but, a true friend will
be sitting next to you saying, "Damn . . . that was fun!"
-----Unknown

Not to put to fine a point on this story, however, it seems that it is common
for CPS in the US to NOT place children with family.

One of the posters from WA state recently confirmed this situation there, and
has formed a group to lobby for more kinship placements.

BTW, some of the more contentious elements in ascps have been on hiatus
recently, so some of your posts Lil are on topic for that NG.

Thanks.


Lil sent in about AJ:
Subject: Jolie's adoption dramaFrom: lilmtncbn@aol.com (LilMtnCbn)Date: 6/25/2004 8:43 AM Eastern Daylight TimeMessage-id: <20040625084317.04176.00000368@mb-m26.aol.com>http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/06/25/1088046269178.html?oneclick=trueJolie's adoption dramaJune 25, 2004A Hawaii woman who helped Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie adopt aCambodian boy has pleaded guilty to visa fraud and money laundering as partofa ring that paid poor women as little as $US100 ($A145) for their children,herlawyer said.Lauryn Galindo, 53, and her sister in Seattle, Lynn Devin, received fees of$US10,000 ($A14,580) or more to arrange adoptions by US residents of childrendescribed as orphans, even though many still had parents, according to thedocuments.Devin, who pleaded guilty in December, but has not yet been sentenced, andGalindo have agreed to surrender all property associated with the crimes,including a home in Hawaii and a Jaguar automobile.Galindo's public defender lawyer, Jay Stansell, declined to comment further.The sisters operated an agency called Seattle International Adoptions, whichpaired hundreds of children from Cambodia with adoptive parents from 1997 to2001, when suspicious US immigration authorities halted adoptions from theimpoverished Southeast Asian country.Jolie, who won a best supporting actress Academy Award in 2000 for her roleinGirl, Interrupted and more recently starred in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider andLifeor Something Like It, adopted her Cambodian-born son, Maddox, last year aftermeeting him in an orphanage in November 2001.-------------------------A good friend will come and bail you out of jail . . . but, a true friendwillbe sitting next to you saying, "Damn . . . that was fun!"-----Unknown

Not to put to fine a point on this story, however, it seems that it is common
for CPS in the US to NOT place children with family.

One of the posters from WA state recently confirmed this situation there, and
has formed a group to lobby for more kinship placements.

BTW, some of the more contentious elements in ascps have been on hiatus
recently, so some of your posts Lil are on topic for that NG.

Thanks.


Lil sent in about AJ:
Subject: Jolie's adoption dramaFrom: lilmtncbn@aol.com (LilMtnCbn)Date: 6/25/2004 8:43 AM Eastern Daylight TimeMessage-id: <20040625084317.04176.00000368@mb-m26.aol.com>http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/06/25/1088046269178.html?oneclick=trueJolie's adoption dramaJune 25, 2004A Hawaii woman who helped Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie adopt aCambodian boy has pleaded guilty to visa fraud and money laundering as partofa ring that paid poor women as little as $US100 ($A145) for their children,herlawyer said.Lauryn Galindo, 53, and her sister in Seattle, Lynn Devin, received fees of$US10,000 ($A14,580) or more to arrange adoptions by US residents of childrendescribed as orphans, even though many still had parents, according to thedocuments.Devin, who pleaded guilty in December, but has not yet been sentenced, andGalindo have agreed to surrender all property associated with the crimes,including a home in Hawaii and a Jaguar automobile.Galindo's public defender lawyer, Jay Stansell, declined to comment further.The sisters operated an agency called Seattle International Adoptions, whichpaired hundreds of children from Cambodia with adoptive parents from 1997 to2001, when suspicious US immigration authorities halted adoptions from theimpoverished Southeast Asian country.Jolie, who won a best supporting actress Academy Award in 2000 for her roleinGirl, Interrupted and more recently starred in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider andLifeor Something Like It, adopted her Cambodian-born son, Maddox, last year aftermeeting him in an orphanage in November 2001.-------------------------A good friend will come and bail you out of jail . . . but, a true friendwillbe sitting next to you saying, "Damn . . . that was fun!"-----Unknown