PUT A STOP TO CPS

CPS worker accused of stealing personal info.

They wanted to start families and be mothers and fathers to children in need of a loving home. Now dozens of people who wanted to adopt have had their trust broken. Those potential foster parents have become victims of identity theft and the source of the crime came from the last place they expected.

Two years ago when the Robinsons began proceedings to adopt six-year-old Tavoris, they had no way of knowing the personal information they shared with Children’s Protective Services would one day be compromised.

“We felt betrayed. I really did,” said adoptive mother Leisa Robinson. “I was really hurt, because you wouldn’t expect a state agency to leak out that type of information.”

As an administrative technician, Andrea Daniels was entrusted with the paperwork provided by families like the Robinsons who want to adopt or foster children. Daniels is accused of stealing personal information from at least 70 applicants including the Robinsons in exchange for gifts and money. Prosecutors say she texted the info to her alleged accomplice, Phillip Moore, who reportedly used it to get fake drivers’ licenses.

Assistant Harris County District Attorney Terese Buess explained, “The co-defendant would use those drivers’ licenses, with the information that he had, to open up credit card accounts at a variety of stores throughout Houston and actually outside of Houston.”

Daniels’ attorney says his client is innocent and believes she was taken advantage of by a con man.

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