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Old August 4th 07, 04:44 AM posted to alt.support.child-protective-services,alt.support.foster-parents,alt.dads-rights.unmoderated,alt.parenting.spanking
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Default Judith Leekin ripoff figures LOW! Math says 4.75 Million not 2. Did she qualify for FOOD STAMPS for the 9-11 people also?

On Aug 3, 10:17 pm, Greegor wrote:
Why do these stories refer to 2 million or 1.3 million?

9 to 11 kids all special needs, $55 per day, for MANY years.

Splitting the difference and saying 10 kids yields $550 per day.
x30 days per month 16,500 monthly take.

x12 months yields 198,000 per year

x24 years she's been doing this yields $ 4,752,000.00

That's 4.75 Million dollars.

So WHY are they saying she ripped off 2 million?
The math shows that amount is oddly low!

There was a comment in Florida from somebody who
Leekin had approached them personally seeking help
to deposit $20 (or 30) Million into an off shore account.

What else was this Leekin woman connected to?

A RING of people grifting this way from the system?


Question:
Did she qualify for Food Stamps for all of these people?

Food stamps for Fosters/adopters are disconnected
from the caretakers income aren't they?

Dan and Firemonkey, Can you offer any answers?

On Aug 2, 11:54 pm, fx wrote:



Fake names helped mom adopt 11 New York children: welfare agency


By BRIAN SKOLOFF | Associated Press Writer
4:35 PM EDT, August 2, 2007


http://www.amny.com/news/local/wire/...buse-adoptedch...


WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A woman accused of abusing her 11 adopted
children and bilking New York City out of nearly $1.3 million gained
custody of the kids through six adoption processes using four fakes
names, authorities said Thursday.


Judith Leekin, of Port St. Lucie, used the four aliases at separate
agencies in New York City to adopt the children between July 1988 and
April 1996 and never once used her real name, said Sharman Stein, a
spokeswoman for the New York City Administration for Children's
Services, a child welfare agency.


Stein said Leekin, 62, received $1.26 million in stipends to help care
for the kids.


Authorities in Florida, however, say she received up to $2 million in
payments from New York City. They say the children _ who now range in
age from 15 to 27 _ told them Leekin never took them to see a doctor or
dentist and never allowed them to attend school.


Leekin is charged with 10 counts of abuse, among other things. She
handcuffed the children and tethered them together at night, forcing
them to sleep on a cold tile floor and soil themselves because they
weren't allowed to use the bathroom, prosecutors said. She could face up
to 190 years in prison if convicted on all counts.


Her attorney, Mario Garcia, said he has filed a not guilty plea. Her
arraignment is set for Aug. 17.


Leekin's biological son spoke out recently in his mother's defense.


"She's a loving caring mom and grandma," the son told New York's
WCBS-TV, which did not name him and did not show his face. "I'm her only
son. ... You don't see me driving a BMW. I'm renting my apartment. The
$2 million I'd love to see."


Port St. Lucie police have said that Leekin would likely face more
charges and that others could be arrested for helping her. They would
not elaborate.


The Florida Department of Children & Families investigated a complaint
of child abuse against Leekin in 1999, but the case was later closed and
the records are sealed.


"There was absolutely no indication of child abuse on any of the victims
that they saw at that time," DCF spokeswoman Ellen Higinbotham said.


However, New York City officials said they have no record of Florida
ever contacting them in 1999, a move that may have raised red flags
since Leekin never used her real name to adopt the children.


"But that would be considered part of standard practice if they wanted
to see what the earlier jurisdiction might have known about this
individual," Stein said.


Higinbotham could not say whether such a call was made. However, she
said DCF investigators would not be required to determine whether the
children were adopted or where they were from. She declined to say
whether DCF knew in this case that the children had been adopted in New
York.


New York City officials believe Leekin may have been able to fool the
system because it wasn't until 1999 that adoption agencies there began
requiring fingerprints from prospective parents.


Stein said Leekin adopted her first child using an alias in July 1988.
She said Leekin then adopted three more under another alias in May 1993
and three more using yet another fake name in June 1994. She said Leekin
adopted two more children _ one in December 1994 and one in June 1995 _
using that alias and then adopted two more under a fourth false name in
April 1996.


Authorities allege Leekin was using the children as a cottage industry
to line her pockets with subsidy payments while abusing and neglecting them.


People who adopt special needs children in New York City can get as much
as $55 a day until the child turns 21. Stein said all the children
adopted by Leekin were deemed to have special needs.


Ten of the children and adults are now in Florida state care. One is
blind and mumbles. Another can barely walk or stand. None appears to
have more than a fourth-grade education.


Police were still searching for an 18-year-old believed to have been
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