Roxanne Jones Admits To Faking Pregnancy To Scam Couples

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Roxanne Janel Jones

During an interview with CBS, Jones says she was pregnant with twins when questioned on hidden camera.

KANSAS CITY, KS (KCTV) -
Fourteen couples, many of whom are from the Kansas City area, are one step closer to seeing justice reached in an adoption scam that has cost them thousands of dollars and a lot of heartache.
In federal court Monday, 35-year-old Roxanne Janel Jones pleaded guilty to running an adoption scam in which she faked a pregnancy with twins in order to swindle money and gifts from the couples.
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The couples from Kansas, Minnesota, Georgia, California, Tennessee and Massachusetts gave her gifts like grocery store gift cards, cash, meals and even massages.
During an interview with CBS, Jones says she was pregnant with twins when questioned on hidden camera.
A CBS reporter asked, "You are pregnant correct?" Jones answered, "Yeah." The reporter then asked, "Boy,girl...two boys..two girls? Jones replied,"A boy an a girl."
Jones is set to be sentenced on March 12 and could face more than 20 years in jail.
A man who helped her with the scam also pleaded guilty and will also be sentenced March 12.

http://www.kctv5.com/story/16142726/...les?hpt=ju_bn5

[MissDemeanor]

Wow what a bitch. It makes me sick that people are so heartless towards others. I can't even imagine how the families feel knowing that they were giving this bitch money, food and massages for nothing. I hope she gets the full 20 years.

[GGsMum]

Wow what a bitch. It makes me sick that people are so heartless towards others. I can't even imagine how the families feel knowing that they were giving this bitch money, food and massages for nothing. I hope she gets the full 20 years.

Me too, that's pretty heartless. Many people in this world that want to have a child and love one so desperately, can't have one and go through extreme lengths to adopt.

[TearCollector]

Betcha she though she wasn't going to get busted.

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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) - A Missouri woman who lied about being pregnant with twins has been sentenced to slightly more than seven years for scamming 14 prospective adoptive couples in Kansas and other states.

Thirty-five-year-old Roxanne Janel Jones, of Kansas City, Mo., was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Kan.
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Co-defendant Taj Isaiah, a 29-year-old man from Kansas City, Mo., received a two-year sentence Monday. Isaiah pleaded guilty last year to a single charge for helping in the swindle.

Jones admitted contacting adoption agencies saying she was pregnant with twins and wanted to meet prospective adoptive couples. Once in contact, she asked the couples for money for rent and other expenses, which many of the couples helped pay.

http://www.kshb.com/dpp/news/crime/m...#ixzz1ta1beX36