CBS News<\/a>, although Rupak\u2019s surrogacy business is closed and undergoing bankruptcy proceedings, he still operates his other medical tourism procedures around the globe.<\/p>\nDumbfounding, isn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n
Now, let\u2019s get back to the New York Times publication.<\/p>\n
The article goes on to highlight how Planet Hospital attracted intended parents to countries such as Mexico and India because of the price tag.\u00a0 Egg donors, IVF clinics and surrogates were half the cost as compared to the U.S.A.<\/p>\n
In the article, Johnathan C. Dailey, an attorney in Washington, had the misfortune of doing business with Rupak.\u00a0 In Dec. 2013, he wired his initial installment of $37,000 to Planet Hospital.\u00a0 The intended monies were going toward a surrogate living in Mexico.<\/p>\n
The reporter writes, \u201cHe [Dailey] and his fianc\u00e9e flew to Canc\u00fan to leave a sperm deposit at the clinic that would create the embryo and to visit the downtown house where their surrogate would live while pregnant. They picked a \u2018premium\u2019 egg donor from the agency Planet Hospital sent them to.\u201d<\/p>\n
Then all activity stopped.<\/p>\n
Dailey said in the article, \u201cIt was just outright fraud.\u00a0 It\u2019s like we paid money to buy a condo, they took the money, and there was no condo. But it\u2019s worse, because it\u2019s about having a baby.\u201d<\/p>\n
Then there\u2019s\u00a0 Rhyannon Morrigan and her husband who signed a surrogacy contract in 2012 based in India.<\/p>\n
She told the reporter, \u201cBy the time you realize how deep you\u2019re in, you\u2019ve lost all your money and you\u2019re stuck.\u201d<\/p>\n
Looking back, Morrigan said how Planet Hospital exchanges were mainly verbal, and rarely, was anything put in writing.<\/p>\n
Morrigan also admits that there were red flags early on.<\/p>\n
She said to the press, \u201cEven at the start, when we sent the contract in and asked for a signed copy back, we never got one.\u201d She went on to say, \u201cWe got so tired of excuses and lies. By July 2013, I\u2019d pretty much let go of the idea of getting my money back, but I didn\u2019t want it to happen to anyone else.\u201d<\/p>\n
To help warn others of the heart-wrenching scam, Morrigan posted her reviews and complaints on cyberspace.\u00a0 In return, she received \u201cthreats\u201d from Rupak.<\/p>\n
The list of Planet Hospital complaints is a lengthy one.<\/p>\n
In the article, former Planet Hospital employee, Catherine Moscarello, chimed in. She described the company as dealing in \u201cunsavory practices.<\/p>\n
Moscarello told the reporter, \u201cThe object was to get money.\u201d<\/p>\n
Like a revolving door, Moscarello explained how Rupak would frequently change fertility clinics.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2026.whenever his relationship with a clinic in India or Thailand or Canc\u00fan broke off, he would disparage the clinic and the doctors there.\u201d Moscarello said. She continued, \u201cBut what was really happening was that he wasn\u2019t paying his bills.\u201d<\/p>\n
Back on his soapbox, Rupak said in an interview, \u201cWhat happened is entirely 100 percent my fault, but its mismanagement rather than outright fraud.\u201d<\/p>\n
More lies, don\u2019t you think?<\/p>\n
The New York Times reporter so eloquently writes, \u201cThe emerging Planet Hospital story, which Mr. Rupak characterized as one of mismanagement rather than fraud, stands as a cautionary tale about the proliferation of unregulated surrogacy agencies, their lack of accountability and their ability to prey on vulnerable clients who want a baby so badly that they do not notice all the red flags.\u201d<\/p>\n
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