Betrayal of Trust: Conspiracy, Corruption & Fraud in the World of Domestic Adoptions
Book Details
Author(s)S. M. Brierley
ISBN / ASINB0142700AG
ISBN-13978B0142700A2
MarketplaceGermany 🇩🇪
Description
Betrayal of Trust is a crime thriller based on actual events in the life of a woman who uncovers widespread fraud at the prestigious adoption law firm she works for.
Jacqui Bonet is excited about her new job until she becomes suspicious when things do not add up, when what should happen often does not happen. Relying on her instincts she begins spying on the people she works for, digging for answers. The more she finds, the more horrified she becomes. But what’s worse, she now realizes she is part of a conspiracy of fraud and betrayal that she finds abhorrent.
Part of the team tasked with “selling the service†and bringing in the $10,000 to $15,000 legal retainers for an adoption, Jacqui is determined to keep her clients from being defrauded after discovering the law firm is secretly denying thousands of hopeful adoptive parents their chance to adopt after taking their money. Her guilt at being part of this white-collar crime ring makes her ill when she realizes they have collectively stolen millions of dollars plus the dreams of so many desperate couples waiting to adopt.
Jacqui then uncovers more; that illegal adoption practices are routine and that birth mothers are repeatedly lied to in order to get them to agree to the adoption. And if she’s thinking of changing her mind in the hospital she is terrorized with threats until she turns her baby over. Birth fathers are lied to as well, to keep them out of the process altogether.
Unable to do anything about this she convinces four like-minded allies to help. Blocked at every turn and worried about what could happen next, they take legal action trying to expose and bring down the criminal enterprise they all work for. Terrified for her safety Jacqui continues to go to work to protect her clients. Facing threats, workplace bullying and retaliation she moves heaven and earth trying to get them their babies.
Do they prevail in court? Do the illegal adoptions unravel? Is there any justice? This is crime fiction at its best, a powerful legal thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat from beginning to end.
Jacqui Bonet is excited about her new job until she becomes suspicious when things do not add up, when what should happen often does not happen. Relying on her instincts she begins spying on the people she works for, digging for answers. The more she finds, the more horrified she becomes. But what’s worse, she now realizes she is part of a conspiracy of fraud and betrayal that she finds abhorrent.
Part of the team tasked with “selling the service†and bringing in the $10,000 to $15,000 legal retainers for an adoption, Jacqui is determined to keep her clients from being defrauded after discovering the law firm is secretly denying thousands of hopeful adoptive parents their chance to adopt after taking their money. Her guilt at being part of this white-collar crime ring makes her ill when she realizes they have collectively stolen millions of dollars plus the dreams of so many desperate couples waiting to adopt.
Jacqui then uncovers more; that illegal adoption practices are routine and that birth mothers are repeatedly lied to in order to get them to agree to the adoption. And if she’s thinking of changing her mind in the hospital she is terrorized with threats until she turns her baby over. Birth fathers are lied to as well, to keep them out of the process altogether.
Unable to do anything about this she convinces four like-minded allies to help. Blocked at every turn and worried about what could happen next, they take legal action trying to expose and bring down the criminal enterprise they all work for. Terrified for her safety Jacqui continues to go to work to protect her clients. Facing threats, workplace bullying and retaliation she moves heaven and earth trying to get them their babies.
Do they prevail in court? Do the illegal adoptions unravel? Is there any justice? This is crime fiction at its best, a powerful legal thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat from beginning to end.
