Surrogacy Scam Leaves 21 Children in Foster Care: Attorney and Surrogate Speak Out

Surrogacy Scam Unraveled

• 🚨 A shocking surrogacy scam in California has left 21 children, most under age three, in foster care.
• 💡 The couple, identified as Sylvia Zhang and her husband, allegedly ran a surrogacy agency and misled surrogates into believing they were the intended parents.
• ⚠️ The investigation began after police suspected abuse of a two-month-old, with surveillance footage showing a nanny shaking the baby.

Legal and Ethical Concerns

• ⚖️ Attorney Rijon Charney, representing three surrogates, contacted the FBI when a surrogate reported that individuals not the intended parents appeared at the hospital with a power of attorney to take the child.
• ❓ Questions remain about the genetic origins of the children, with indications that an egg donor was used and the father's sperm, but the exact donor and process are unclear.
• 💔 Surrogates were led to believe they were helping families struggling with infertility, only to find themselves in a complex and distressing situation.

Surrogates Left in Limbo

• 🤰 Alexa Fossiled, a pregnant surrogate due in October, is left without direct contact with the agency or the intended parents after the agency, Mark Surrogacy, terminated its business.
• ❓ The lack of direct communication and the agency's closure have left surrogates uncertain about the future care of the babies they are carrying.
• 🤝 Surrogates like Alexa express a desire to ensure the baby's safety, whether with them, another family, or through the foster care system, and wish to be involved in the process.