Mother? just she had abandoned the girls, that after the dad died, they told us she didn t feed them, that they were found sick, like, dying, basically. reporter: viola, it turns out, was taken to the same orphanage as mada s, god s mercy, but later at her new home in west virginia, as viola became fluent in english, the truth started to unfold. a lot of it was how she talked about her mother, her experience and her home just did not match the paper work. reporter: stacy, who spoke exclusively with cnn, also contacted reunite uganda to find viola s biological mother. karen riley told us viola s mom was also lied to by local traffickers, using the same false promise of education in america. she wasn t an orphan. she was made an orphan so you could adopt her. right, right. reporter: stacy traveled back to uganda in november, 2016, and
oh! reporter: in september, 2016, the ugandan government officially gave parental rights back to her biological mother. but jessica s story wasn t unique. and enter stacy wells. i wasn t in it to i don t know, to buy a child. i didn t need a child. reporter: stacy wells and her husband shawn already had two sons. but in 2016, they adopted 7-year-old viola from uganda. they worked with, you guessed it, the same company the davises used, european adoption consultants. they too paid around $15,000 to the company. they say that agency told them a story strikingly similar to namada s, but this time about viola. what did they tell you about her
She s back in school. the wells kept in touch with viola too. the two girls are now close friends in their village and have blossomed since returning home. meanwhile, both jessica davis and stacy wells have been interviewed by the fbi, which declined to talk about the investigation with cnn. birth mothers, the most vulnerable birth mothers on the planet, are being taken advantage of in this way so that people can profit from adoption. reporter: jessica and adam davis figure they spent about $65,000 adopting mada only to bring her back to uganda. that includes adoption fees and all of their trips. and stacy wells told me she and her husband spent their life savings adopting viola. as of now, neither family expects to get any of their money back. also, i should note that no charges have been filed against margaret cole, deborah paris or european adoption consultants. the lawyer who handled the adoptions has not been charged. and it is possible that the
America. viala wasn t an or fan. she was made an aor fan so you could adopt her. right. right. stacy traveled back to uganda in november 2016 and reunited viala with her mother. i mean, she was just running, and we get out and her mother just embraces me. viala s adoption was a fraud and stacy says it s all about money. they are getting the wore fans because there s a dollar sign. you know, a market has been created. a market for children with a pop line, it appears, back to the united states, which is where european adoption consultants is headquartered. and where we found the director of eac s africa adoption program. you helped organize the uganda adoptions. no. there was people in uganda that did it. were these mothers lied to? no. absolutely not. the story what happened to these families, it s obviously heart bricking.
is this a long flight or a short flight? long. after a 14-hour journey mada finally arrived home to her village. in september 2016 the u began dan government officially gave parental rights back to namada s biological mother, but jessica s story wasn t unique. enter stacy wells. i just wasn t in it to, i don t know, to buy a child. i didn t need a child. stacy wells and her husband shawn already had two sons, but in 2016 they adopted seven-year-old viala from uganda. they worked with, you gegsd it, the same company the daifsz used, european adoption consultants. they do paid around $15,000 to the company. they say that agency told them a