Surrogacy business owner sentenced to prison for scamming clients

A woman who stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from clients in a surrogacy scam was sentenced on May 16 to two years in prison as part of a plea deal. She had faced up to 20 years.

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

• A woman operating three surrogacy businesses scammed clients out of hundreds of thousands of dollars and will spend two years in prison as part of a plea deal.
• Would-be parents lost both their money and their embryos, many of whom cannot be located.
• Surrogates...