Surrogacy Agency Owner Sentenced for Stealing $1.1M From 44 Hopeful Parents

On April 21, 2021, Gregory Ray Blosser — a 39-year-old surrogacy agency owner and sole operator of The Surrogacy Group, incorporated in Maryland in January 2012 with offices in Annapolis and Tampa — was sentenced to 32 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to one count of wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1343 in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, following an investigation by the FBI's Baltimore Field Office and the Maryland Attorney General's Consumer Protection Bureau. Between at least 2015 and his arrest in April 2019, Blosser solicited approximately $1,104,706 from 44 victims across Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia, Australia, Germany, and Austria, representing that their funds would be held in segregated escrow accounts to cover surrogate compensation and medical expenses. Investigators found that Blosser never opened separate escrow accounts for any client; instead, every dollar was commingled with TSG's operating funds and spent on business debts and loan payments. At the time of the federal investigation, TSG's bank accounts held less than $2,000. U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander ordered forfeiture of $1,104,706 and restitution of $1,194,519.54. Among the victims was a couple who had already completed multiple failed IVF cycles before turning to Blosser, only to discover their surrogate had gone unpaid for months while their escrow account had been emptied without their knowledge. - - Disclaimer: This video is a dramatization based on real events. Some visual content was created with artificial intelligence assistance. Some details have been fictionalized and all names have been changed to protect the privacy of those involved.