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Adoption Records Thief Pleads Guilty

Stolen confidential adoption records resulted in a plea of no contest to five of 21 counts. The thief can receive up to a year in jail on each count. The records were sold to adopted children seeking information on birth parents.

Records theft suspect pleads no contest, Salt Lake Tribune, June 12, 2008