Ex-Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen PHOENIX - News reports from Arkansas state that Paul Petersen, a man who once served as Maricopa County's Assessor, has been sentenced in connection with his involvement in an illegal adoption scheme involving women from the Marshall Island in the Pacific.According to a statement released by the U.S.
Attorney's office with the Western District of Arkansas, Petersen has been sentenced to 74 months in prison at a facility nearest to his home in Mesa. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit human smuggling in June 2020 in Arkansas, and also pleaded guilty to smuggling and fraud charges in Arizona and Utad during the same month.According to a Nov.