By Danny Fenster
ticklethewire.com
She was perhaps the only lady not carrying for whom you might ask, “how many months along are you?” without being slapped in the face.
Serena Carol Mathews, 42, and boyfriend Scott Thomas Smith, 34, of Oklahoma City, were sentenced to 27 months each on Tuesday in Oklahoma City after pleading guilty on Aug. 1 to conspiracy to defraud. Mathews falsely posed as pregnant and wanting to place her child up for adoption, after which the two sought to receive “birth mother” payments such as rent, utilities, food and personal items, according to an FBI press release.
The couple used the adoption providers to arrange meetings between Mathews and prospective adoptive couples who hoped to adopt a baby.
The two were indicted on June 22, 2010, after an investigation conducted by the FBI. Assistant US Attorneys Susan Dickerson Cox and Kerry Kelly prosecuted the case.
