Adoption scam: OC couple inspires computer crimes bill in Virginia

Internet meanness could get much for difficult in Virginia, thanks to an Orange County couple who pushed for legislation after falling victim to an elaborate adoption hoax.
Senate Bill 1003, now working its way through the Virginia legislature, would make it a crime to commit malice and “heinous fraud” over the Internet, said one of the bill’s authors, Commonwealth Attorney Chuck Slemp. The bill will be discussed in committee in the next few weeks and, if approved and signed by