{"id":2223,"date":"2011-04-08T19:15:28","date_gmt":"2011-04-08T19:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.againstchildtrafficking.org\/?p=2223"},"modified":"2011-04-08T19:15:28","modified_gmt":"2011-04-08T19:15:28","slug":"two-charged-in-adoption-agency-fraud-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/two-charged-in-adoption-agency-fraud-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Two charged in adoption agency fraud investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/swo.ctv.ca\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/swo.ctv.ca<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Nadia Matos on the adoption agency charges<br \/>\nTwo people are facing numerous fraud charges in connection with an investigation at Cambridge-based Imagine Adoption Inc.<br \/>\nDate: Friday Apr. 8, 2011 11:13 AM ET<br \/>\nTwo people have been arrested and charged in connection with fraud allegations at the Cambridge-based Imagine Adoption Inc.<\/p>\n<p>The non-profit adoption agency filed for bankruptcy in July 2009, and after public complaints, police launched an extensive investigation.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Waterloo Regional police, working with the RCMP, arrested and charged 46-year-old Rick Hayhow in Cambridge, Ont. and 45-year-old Susan Hayhow in Whitby, Ont. on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Rick Hayhow was the general manager, while Susan Hayhow was the founder and executive director of Imagine Adoption Inc.<\/p>\n<p>The two have been charged jointly with one count of breach of trust, six counts of fraud over $5,000 and three counts of fraud under $5,000. Individually they have each been charged with one count of fraud over $5,000.<\/p>\n<p>Over $420,000 in agency funds are alleged to have been used for personal expenses including vacations, clothing and renovations to their Cambridge residence.<\/p>\n<p>Police say a large number of financial documents were reviewed and numerous clients of the agency were interviewed as part of the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The bankruptcy of Imagine Adoption Inc. made headlines nearly two years ago when it left a number of parents in the process of adopting children from several African countries in limbo.<\/p>\n<p>Many had already spent thousands on the adoption process.<\/p>\n<p>Both Rick and Susan Hayhow have been released and are expected to return to a Cambridge court on May 26.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with additional information is asked to contact police at 619-650-8500 Ext. 8370 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.<br \/>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: http:\/\/swo.ctv.ca Nadia Matos on the adoption agency charges Two people are facing numerous fraud charges in connection with an investigation at Cambridge-based Imagine Adoption Inc. Date: Friday Apr. 8, 2011 11:13 AM ET Two people have been arrested and charged in connection with fraud allegations at the Cambridge-based Imagine Adoption Inc. The non-profit adoption&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/two-charged-in-adoption-agency-fraud-investigation\/\" title=\"Read Two charged in adoption agency fraud investigation\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2223"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2223"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2225,"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2223\/revisions\/2225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}