How Could You? Hall of Shame-Filipino Adoptive Parent Andrew William Bosch

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From Orlando, Florida,”a married Florida businessman is facing both federal and state charges for allegedly adopting a 12-year-old girl from the Philippines for the purpose of sex.

Andrew William Bosch, 42, of Orlando, was arrested on July 27 and lodged in Seminole County Jail on federal charges stemming from the alleged years-long sexual abuse of a minor.

Bosch also faces an additional count of interfering with custody of a child in Osceola County.

Bosch, who for the past three years has been running a successful tax preparation business called Bosch Business Group, is accused of enticing the teenage victim to the United States and later taking her out of the foster care system, as the station WFTV first reported.

According the Florida Department of Children and Families, Bosch’s now former wife, Melody Bosch, illegally adopted the girl, who is a distant relative of hers, and brought her to Florida to raise as her own five years ago.

The victim arrived in the US at age 12. She is now 17 years old and is back in foster care.

According to a report by the US Immigration and Custom Enforcement, while Andrew and Melody Bosch were still married, the wife grew upset that her husband and their underage ward ‘were developing feelings for one another outside the approved sexual arrangements.’

Law enforcement officials removed the girl from the Boschs’ household and placed her in a foster home in March of last year.

But according to investigators, Andy Bosch and the teen kept in touch and would meet in person at various locations, including church, to exchange handwritten notes.

In October 2016, the underage girl was reported missing by her foster family. Her foster sisters told detectives Andy Bosch made them feel uncomfortable and ‘seemed creepy.’

Four months after the girl’s disappearance, US Marshalls joined in the search and began wiretapping Bosch and his then-wife.

In one recorded phone conversation, Bosch allegedly told Melody: ‘Now that they know that she isn’t in the Philippines, they will be looking harder here.’

When US Marshalls arrested Bosch in mid-February, he directed them to an apartment in Tampa, paid for by the suspect, where they ultimately found the missing girl hiding in a closet.

So far, Melody Bosch has not been charged with any crime, but investigators believe she was aware of her ex-husband’s sexual relationship with the minor.”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4761902/Businessman-accused-adopting-Filipino-girl-sex.html
[Daily Mail 8/4/17 by Snejana Farberov]

“Investigators determined the victim was in “possible grave danger” so they arrested Bosch, who then told Marshals they’d find the teenager in a Tampa apartment.

The girl was found in a one-bedroom efficiency in Tampa.

The owner of the efficiency told investigators Bosch paid cash for the apartment and visited the girl on the weekends.”

“He’s currently behind bars in Seminole County facing federal charges.

He’s also charged in Osceola County for interfering with custody by taking the girl, who is now 17, from foster care.”

Central Florida businessman accused of illegally adopting Filipino girl for sex

[WFTV 8/3/17]

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