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Paul Petersen |
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Paul
Petersen/Washington
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Republican former county assessor
of Maricopa County, Arizona. Appointed in 2013,
Petersen won a new term in the general election on
November 8, 2016. Petersen resigned on January 7,
2020, after being charged with various crimes
associated with smuggling pregnant women from the
Marshall Islands to at least three different states,
as part of an adoption scheme. He pled guilty to
charges of human smuggling, communication fraud,
fraud and other charges in June 2020 and was
sentenced to six years in prison in an Arkansas
federal case in December 2020. His actions violated
a compact between the United States and the Marshall
Islands, which bans Marshallese people from
traveling to the United States for adoptions unless
they have a specific visa. |
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Paul Petersen,
Ex-GOP Arizona
Official, Goes To
Prison For Human
Smuggling |
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Jan. 22, 2021 |
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'A Baby-Selling
Enterprise': Former
Arizona Elected
Official Sentenced
To 6-Plus Years In
Adoption Scheme |
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Dec. 2, 2020 |
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Prosecutors In
Arkansas Will Seek
10-Year Sentence For
Paul Petersen In
Adoption Scheme |
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Nov. 24, 2020 |
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Former Maricopa
County Assessor Paul
Petersen To Be
Sentenced In 3
States For Adoption
Scheme |
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Nov. 24, 2020 |
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Former County
Assessor Paul
Petersen Pleads
Guilty To Welfare
Fraud In
International
Adoption Scheme |
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Jun. 20, 2020 |
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Paul Petersen's
Property, Bank
Accounts Frozen In
$1.5 Million Seizure
Warrant |
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Nov. 27, 2019 |
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