Imagine if you were about to become a parent and someone ripped away your dream. Tara Lee ran an adoption company called Always Hope and matched families with babies in record time. But what these adoptive parents didn’t know was how she was manipulating their lives for her gain. This is a shocking tale about a criminal with a cold heart who pulled off an unimaginable scheme, and the parents who banded together to take her down. Subscribe to The Binge to get all episodes, all at once, all ad-free as soon as they drop on February 1st. Visit The Binge channel on Apple Podcasts and hit ‘subscribe’ or visit GetTheBinge.com to get access. The Binge – feed your true crime obsession. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chapter 1: What is the nature of the fraud discussed in this episode?
There's no playbook for this type of fraud.
Many couples dream of raising a family.
She knew that they would do anything for the hope of having a child.
Chapter 2: What do couples desire when adopting a child?
But what if someone came along and derailed it? For the couples that I met, their dream of adopting became a nightmare.
She kept telling us, forget about Sabrina's baby. It didn't feel like we were given a choice. So this is where it gets even more wild.
Lies, manipulation, greed.
Now Tara has a problem because there's no baby. There's no way this is real. United States of America versus Tara Lee. Will the defendant please state her name to the court? Tara Lynn Lee.
Hell hath no fury like a parent scorned.
She could tell such outrageous lies. We had 20 families and then we were up to 100. And we all became investigators.
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Chapter 3: How did the adoption process turn into a nightmare?
From Sony Music Entertainment and Perfect Cadence, this is Baby Broker, coming February 1st to The Binge. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.