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FBI Probes California Couple’s Mass Surrogacy Operation After 21 Children Seized

All 21 children are in state protective custody, with federal agents probing whether the couple’s private surrogacy operation constituted trafficking.

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Overview

  • Twenty-one children aged two months to 13 years were removed after a two-month-old infant suffered a traumatic head injury and authorities obtained a search warrant for the couple’s Arcadia home.
  • Investigators seized security footage that documented physical and emotional abuse by at least six nannies in the couple’s large residence.
  • Public records show Silvia Zhang and Guojun Xuan operated Mark Surrogacy Investment LLC from their home until California revoked its license in June.
  • Zhang and Xuan remain under investigation for child endangerment and potential human trafficking; nanny Chunmei Li is still wanted under an outstanding arrest warrant.
  • Surrogate mothers across the U.S. say they were deceived about the intended parents; they are now seeking legal custody of the children they carried.