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Behind the scenes of Eagles' end gun violence campaign. De Lorenzo told the News-Press. Mozes "is an emotional rapist," Mrs. De Lorenzo said. He's taken three 'sons' from us," referring to the infants she and her husband tried to adopt through Adoption International Program. De Lorenzo said she and her husband gave Mr.
Mozes money to "hold" a child for them until arrangements could be made to travel to the foreign country to go to court. In December , she said Mr.
Mozes told them suddenly and with no explanation "your son is no longer available. Mozes then suggested they "hold" another child -- and wire money to do so -- which they did. Court records state that Mr. Mozes provided detailed instructions to numerous victims on "how to wire money, and in some cases instructed victims to lie on the forms stating the purpose of the funds being wired. De Lorenzo said she was led to believe the foreign country was corrupt.
She said they also continued to cooperate, in part, because they had many thousands of dollars invested. In February , the De Lorenzos flew to Kazakhstan to try to adopt the second child. She said the girl who met them insisted they give her the money in the restroom where there were no cameras, which they did.
Next, they flew to a city to "bond" with the child, as is required by Kazakhstan law. Bonding involves meeting with the child for two hours a day for two weeks at the orphanage. During this time, she said Mr.
Brown lost her case at the Court of Appeals, and the California Supreme Court declined to hear her the matter, exhausting her case and freeing up the money to go to the victims. The bank account was still under court order, however, until Friday morning, July 22, when Eskin signed an order to release the money. My hope is that this ruling will benefit future victims of crime for years to come. Please note this login is to submit events or press releases.
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