An Interlachen woman, who was accused in an elaborate adoption fraud scheme, pleaded no contest in court and received a light sentence for illegally placing a child for adoption, defrauding the government and perjury.

INTERLACHEN, Fla. - The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has announced the arrest of an Interlachen woman on charges of organized scheme to defraud, grand theft, illegally placing a child for adoption and perjury. A couple from Ohio visited Scee to meet a disabled boy and were told the boy was available for adoption. While the boy was in Ohio, investigators said Scee received SNAP benefits and daycare assistance for the child totaling nearly $4,000. According to investigators, Scee ordered the boy back to Florida on Oct. 31, 2017, for her final adoption hearing, and at the hearing, Scee was granted the adoption. Scee received no money from the Ohio couple, investigators said.

A Florida woman is charged with organized scheme to defraud, grand theft, illegally placing a child for adoption and perjury. INTERLACHEN, Fla. - A foster mom was arrested in an alleged adoption scheme after using her foster son as bait, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement said. Tina Scee, 54, of Interlachen, Florida, was arrested Friday and charged with organized scheme to defraud, grand theft, illegally placing a child for adoption and perjury in connection with the scam, according to FDLE. A couple in Ohio visited Scee to meet a disabled boy who Scee said was available for adoption, FDLE said. In October 2017, Scee had the couple return the boy to Florida, where she was later granted adoption of the boy at a hearing, FDLE said.

INTERLACHEN, Fla. - The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has announced the arrest of an Interlachen woman on charges of organized scheme to defraud, grand theft, illegally placing a child for adoption and perjury. A couple from Ohio visited Scee to meet a disabled boy and were told the boy was available for adoption. While the boy was in Ohio, Scee received SNAP benefits and day care assistance for the child totaling nearly $4,000. Scee ordered the boy back to Florida on Oct. 31, 2017, for her final adoption hearing, and at the hearing, Scee was granted the adoption. Scee received no money from the Ohio couple.