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Adoption scammer from Roslyn sentenced

Kevin Cohen leaves Nassau County Court after he

Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Kevin Cohen leaves Nassau County Court after he was sentenced Tuesday for running an adoption scam. (Dec. 7, 2010)

When the Rhomberg family realized that there wasn't enough space in their car for their two children plus a new baby, they pinched their pennies and bought a minivan. Then, they piled into it and drove across the country to Arizona, where their adoption attorney, Kevin Cohen, had told them their baby girl was being born.

But the baby that the Georgia couple had fallen in love with never existed....

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