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Texas Surrogate ‘Scammer’ Goes Missing: Parents, Babies in Limbo

FAMILIES’ AGONY

A Texas company promised to keep families’ money safe during the delicate process of gestational surrogacy. Then its founder—and all the clients’ money—vanished.

Emily Shugerman
Emily Shugerman 

Senior Reporter

Shards of glass float over polaroid pictures of Jenna and Roy Copeland and Anna Maria Gallozzi and her husband.
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Emily Shugerman

Emily Shugerman

Senior Reporter

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