That sounds retarded. By you guys' reasoning, at least half of all children should be taken from their parents, as nearly everyone has done at least one stupid and illegal thing at some point. I'm guessing that child protective services are a bit more worried about parents that are neglecting and/or abusing their kids than they are about stupid shit such as this.
I beg to differ, good sir.
While you are correct that protective services probably has more... "troubled" parents to worry about, this mother (and father) obviously have the moral standards of a f*cking cockroach. They have no business raising children. I've done plenty of stupid and illegal things in my life, mostly during my teenage years, but never anything to intentionally slight another person.
But it's a pretty big jump from a couple of petty childhood mistakes to actively trying to deceive and rip off other human beings. This was no random "mistake," this was a premeditated attempt to royally screw as many people as possible. My own personal morals prevent me from doing something like that, and actions like those are huge reflections on a person's character. These worthless bums obviously have no moral center. How can you instill a good character and moral standard in your children when you have none yourself? Trash breeds trash.
There's nothing retarded at all about that, I find it curious you don't see the obvious issue here.