OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — A metro father is suing after his one-year-old was kidnapped by a former Oklahoma Human Services worker.

Earlier this year, Xander Faison was a DHS hotline worker and used fake papers to remove a child and take her to her own apartment.

The father of that child has now filed a lawsuit against the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS).

It comes after Faison pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

"I'm not surprised when you see a situation like this, oftentimes a lawsuit is the result," said Joe Dorman, CEO of the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy.

The lawsuit states, 'DHS's negligent and wrongful conduct was the direct and proximate cause of' the kidnapping.

It also alleges that DHS hired Faison despite a background of fraud in another

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