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Prosecutors: Adoption scam's list of victims grows

Kevin Cohen, 41, was arrested at his home

Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Kevin Cohen, 41, was arrested at his home in 2009 following a 16-month investigation on a Ponzi-like adoption scheme. (Sept. 25, 2009)

Prosecutors say they are still fielding several calls a day from would-be parents who say they were scammed by adoption lawyer Kevin Cohen, and they now have potential cases as far-flung as Georgia and Ohio.

They say they are now investigating claims from 16 couples in four states, all of whom say Cohen, 41, of Roslyn, took their money while feeding them phony stories about the babies they...

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