Adoptive parents of Ukrainian man, 23, who posed as a high school student and had sex with 15yr old girl, face fraud charges
Stephayne and Michael
Potts, the couple who adopted a 23 year old Ukrainian man Artur Samarin, that
later posed as a high school student, are facing criminal charges after it was
revealed that they used him to take about $13,000, worth of medical assistance
and free food in Pennsylvania, even when they knew his true identity as an
illegal immigrant.
The man, Arthur Samarin
who called himself Asher Potts, is also accused of having sex with a
15-year-old girl while in high school.
According to ABC News
27, the couple also knowingly made false statements to the Dauphin County
Assistance Office in Pennsylvania in order to get the public handouts.
Asher Potts was known to
his classmates as a hard-working intelligent student who impressed his teachers
but it turned out he was posing as a high school student and was in the United
States without a visa.
The couple haven't been
arrested, but are due in court on October 6 as they each face two
counts of fraud. Samarin early this month, pleaded guilty to a number of fraud
and sex charges, which carry penalties of up to 40 years in prison and $90,000
in fines.
On Wednesday Asher
pleaded guilty to the charges leveled against him and now faces deportation.
The trial continues.
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