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Ex-Arizona Official Gets 6 Years For Smuggling Pregnant Women Into US In Adoption Scheme

Paul Peterson smuggled pregnant women from Marshall Islands to Utah, Arkansas to put babies up for adoption

Credit: Scott G Winterton, Deseret News

From Deseret.com…..

A former Arizona elected official accused of running an illegal adoption scheme in three states and smuggling several dozen pregnant women to Utah from the Marshall Islands is headed to prison.

A federal judge in Arkansas on Tuesday sentenced Paul Petersen, 45, to six years in prison followed by three years of supervised release. The judge also ordered him to pay a fine and court costs totaling $105,100.

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