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http://www.businessconsumeralliance.org/PublicComplaints.aspx?CompanyID=13182337
http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/IndianSurrogacy/conversations/topics/950
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Rudy Rupak Does is again-would be parents fleeced, surrogates abandoned by Mexican surrogacy operation Planet Hospital

An unscrupulous surrogacy operation in Mexico has left clients thousands of dollars out of pocket, and dozens of would-be surrogates abandoned, a Foreign Correspondent investigation has revealed.

Some of the clients are believed to be Australians.

At least one among the surrogates tracked down by Foreign corresponded miscarried after being fertilized with twins and received only a fraction of the cash she was promised. 

The man behind the operation, Rudy Rupak, has done the same issue antecedently in 2 other countries, according to one among his former staff.

Earlier this year, Foreign correspondent exposed India's money making surrogacy industry, following two Australian couples on their own odyssey to make a baby.

Clinics giving an array of affordable fertility services are developing in cities, towns and villages across the landmass.

But despite urgent calls to the Indian government to legislate, the multi-million-dollar trade continues to control in a very restrictive vacuum, creating it terribly troublesome for would-be parents to navigate the system and avoid rouge operators.

It may be even riskier when would-be parents – those who are currently prevented from victimization surrogacy services in India because they are single or gay - begin to seem at the so called- "new frontier" countries wherever Commercial surrogacy continues to be in its infancy.

Would-be parents heading to Mexico for surrogacy services

Mexico is simply such a Minefield. Planet Hospital is a US-based surrogacy brokerage firm offering a variety of fertility services in Cancun, Mexico.

When Foreign correspondent was 1st invited to examine Planet Hospital's Cancun operation last year, everything appeared rosy.

We were asked to go to the surrogacy house where women from poverty-ravaged components of Mexico and near countries were surrogates for childless couples from the U.S.A., Europe and Australia.

They were happy to supply their services and even happier with their prospective pay day.

We were introduced to clients like Massimo DE Lucia, a gay from California, who was excited regarding the prospect of a child, denied him in different surrogacy centres like India.

And we met Planet Hospital's founder and director in chief, Rudy Rupak, who claimed to supply sun, sea, sand and a baby via affordable surrogacy services to clients who perhaps couldn't afford it elsewhere.

"I'm the uncle to about 750 children round the globe," he said.

"It's an excellent feeling. To grow an organization that brings joy to people's lives is almost as near being Walt Disney as I will ever get."

Planet Hospital clients fleeced out of tens of thousands of Dollars

A subsequent tip-off from a really discontent Planet Hospital client shortly reveal that the Cancun dream was quick turning into a nightmare – clients fleeced out of tens of thousands of bucks each, surrogates abandoned, and a trail of unpaid bills that lead all the way to Mr. Rupak's up market home in a easy gated community in Los Angles.

We were put in touch with Catherine Moscarello, a US citizen and former worker of Planet Hospital, who had organized to commission her own surrogacy via Mr. Rupak and Planet Hospital.

Despite her best efforts to try to do correct due diligence, Ms Moscarello was horrified to discover she had been lied to about her own surrogate.

"We were told she was a 22-year-old single mum and she had a little boy. That is all we were told," she said.

"She was barely 18. Her son wasn't a boy, he was a baby. He was less than 9 months old and he had breastfed for a minimum of six of those nine months.

"In addition, she had uterine cysts which they did a procedure to remove the day before our transfer.

"I feel like we wasted 2 embryos. She wasn't qualified to be a surrogate. She ought to have not passed screening."

Ms Moscarello's personal experience prompted her to take a closer look at Planet Hospital and its processes.

She quickly realized that Mr. Rupak was less a Walt Disney and more in the mould of fraudster Bernie Mad off.

"Planet Hospital was run like a Ponzi scheme. With Rupak, its stall, it's stall, stall, and stall.

"He just puts you off and puts you off and puts you off."

Embryos locked away as bargaining chips in demand for more cash

Foreign Correspondent returned to Cancun, and as we dug deeper, a far more sinister picture emerged. 

The surrogacy house was padlocked and disgruntled intended parents were out of pocket tens of thousands of dollars, some with their embryos stuck in limbo.

Fertility clinics, which had been employed by Mr. Rupak, were refusing to release the fertilized eggs because he had apparently not paid his bills. 

Foreign Correspondent spoke to Mr. de Lucia back home in San Francisco, who said he had lost $US22, 500.

Three embryos were produced, but they are still locked away in a Cancun clinic.

The clinic is refusing to release them unless Mr. de Lucia pays another $US5, 000 to cover some of Planet Hospital's unpaid bills.

Mr. de Lucia says he is furious with Mr. Rupak.

"He's cheated too many people. [It is] one thing being cheated when you're doing a business transaction, but a very different thing is when you're playing with people's feelings and dreams," he said.

"It's really hard for a gay couple to have a kid and going through the surrogacy is a mess, and you're playing with that."

Surrogate struggling to cope with fallout of miscarried twins

Adriana Rincon, one of the surrogates Foreign Correspondent first met at the Planet Hospital surrogacy house, was couch-surfing in Mexico City, all but destitute, as she grappled with the emotional fallout of having miscarried twins in Cancun.

She received virtually no support when she lost the pregnancy and was clearly grieving the loss of babies she had never quite known how she would give away.

To add insult to injury, Ms Rincon had been paid only a fraction of the money promised.

Mr. Rupak had gone to ground.

Foreign Correspondent traced him to California, where he was still operating out of an office in Calabasas, a celebrity enclave outside Los Angeles.

He agreed to an interview to set the record straight, he said.

At once charming and apologetic, Mr. Rupak was still determined to put his point across.

For the people he has let down, it just does not compensate for the harm he has done.

"I for one believe he's a thief. There's no question in my mind," Mr. de Lucia said.

"Everything he does is calculated to preserve his interests and if other people are injured or harmed or scarred - not a big deal, no interest."

Mr. Rupak is now being forced into bankruptcy by former clients.

The FBI is also investigating Planet Hospital's surrogacy operations.

Mr. Rupak admits to making bad business decisions, but nothing more.

However, we were reporting a surrogacy story without seeing a single baby.

The largely unregulated new frontier of this international trade is a risky place to be - a Wild West for conmen willing to exploit people on both sides of the equation.

The game might be up for this rogue operator, but how many others are waiting in the wings?

And what is to stop them preying on the next crop of unsuspecting parents?

PLANET HOSPITAL FOUNDER RUDY RUPAK ACHARYA INVOLVED IN SURROGACY SCAM

Surrogacy is currently a multi-billion dollar international business; however there are only a couple of nations wherever it’s expressly legal to rent a lady in reality your kid. Some couples have gone south of the border to seek out surrogates. However in associate degree business wherever the shoppers are desperate, the surrogates are poor and therefore the profits for the middlemen agencies are immense, there is a heart-wrenching result.

Commercial surrogacy has been legal in India since 2002, obtaining it’s begin for the most part because of unproductive couples of Indian origin within the U.S., U.K. and Middle East. Even factorization in pricey plane rides, seeking facilitate at one in every of India's over 1,000 fertility centers will be a relative cut price. India's surrogacy costs of $18,000 to $30,000 are roughly one-third of the price in America, in keeping with Time magazine.  Sudhir Ajja, who co-founded urban center clinic Surrogacy Asian country, told basic principle News that almost his purchaser’s entire are from overseas – several returning from the U.S., Australia and Sweden. The precise size of India's business is unclear, with estimates starting from $450 million to $3 billion a year.

ANOTHER REASON NOT TO WORK WITH AGENCIES AND MIDDLEMEN.GO DIRECTLY TO CLINICS

The Bay Area newsperson said Planet Hospital closed its surrogacy services in December 2013. Following the fulminate halt to services, associate calculable 30 sets of meant parents are out of cash and scrambling to secure an area within the “mothering by proxy” method and move forward with coming up with their families, Catherine Moscarello, former director of shopper services for Planet Hospital’s services in city, Mexico, told the newsperson. Planet Hospital not lists surrogacy among the services on its web site, however continues to cite help for patients seeking international medical business opportunities.

Rupak “Rudy” Acharya, founder and chief officer of Planet Hospital, told newsperson that he removed surrogacy services from the company’s web site in Jan, however hadn’t in public proclaimed the closure of offerings.

MIDDLEMEN AND SURROGACY AGENCIES ARE NOT NEEDED FOR SURROGACY IN INDIA. ALMOST ALL CLINICS WORK DIRECTLY WITH CLIENTS

Planet hospital founder Rudy rupak accused of stealing eggs from client

The Bay Area Reporter said Planet Hospital closed its surrogacy services in December 2013. Following the sudden halt to services, an estimated 30 sets of intended parents are out of money and scrambling to secure a place in the “mothering by proxy” process and move forward with planning their families, Catherine Moscarello, former director of client services for Planet Hospital’s services in Cancun, Mexico, told The Reporter. Planet Hospital no longer lists surrogacy among the services on its website, but continues to cite assistance for patients seeking international medical tourism opportunities.
The Bay Area Reporter claims three former Planet Hospital clients filed an involuntary petition against the medical tourism company under Chapter 7, in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California, Feb. 18, 2014. The petitioners are asking for a combined $79,000 in refunds of fees for services that Planet Hospital has allegedly failed to perform.
Rupak “Rudy” Acharya, founder and chief executive officer of Planet Hospital, told The Bay Area Reporter that he removed surrogacy services from the company’s website in January, but hadn’t publicly announced the shutdown of offerings.
“Unfortunately, I made some very, very, very bad decisions, which resulted in a lot of people not getting their services at the moment, but I’ve been working diligently to fix that,” said Acharya.
The forced bankruptcy proceedings could remove control of the company from Acharya and his management team and liquidate the assets.
Moscarello allegedly has accused Acharya of stealing eggs from an unnamed single homosexual man through an unauthorized splitting of donor eggs among other clients; clinic and donor mishandling; falsifying medical documents; mismanaging company finances; and making false and fraudulent claims to clients.
Renée-Marie Stephano, president of the Medical Tourism Association®, said Planet Hospital’s alleged mishaps are uncommon within the health travel industry, but not isolated.
Concerns about the booming cosmetic surgery business in the Dominican Republic were enough to precipitate a U.S. State Department warning last week related to several cases in which American citizens suffered serious complications or died following treatments in the Caribbean nation.
“The internet is flooded with advertisements from companies that lack the necessary experience, education and training in medical tourism,” she said. “It’s is extremely important for patients contemplating travel abroad to do their homework and research the hospitals, clinics, doctors and related medical tourism companies and facilitators that may promise the world, but may – in truth – not be qualified to. A little due diligence will go a long way toward achieving the desired cost-savings and quality care that motivates patients to seek medical tourism opportunities in the first place.”

International Surrogacy with Planet Hospital- Run.

I know that international surrogacy can be a very controversial topic, so I apologize for it being the topic of my first posts.

My husband and I turned to international surrogacy primarily because as much as we wanted to do surrogacy here in the US, we were extremely worried about being able to afford it.

We thought we had done our research. We specifically asked Planet Hospital about negative reviews we found. We were given tons of assurances and linked to the numerous interviews this company had done with mainstream media outlets. We were told our surrogate was going to have the same level of representation she would have in the states, that we would have documentation on every level of the process.

After almost ten months, we've spoken to the doctor in India and many other clients of this company. We've been forced to accept that not only did he not pay the doctors in India (and he has done this at numerous clinics apparently), he has a history of not paying surrogates. The only satisfaction I have about the fact that we did not get pregnant through this company is that he was not able to use us to completely exploit the surrogate. Because the company is so disorganized, there is no way to tell if my husband's specimen was even the one used to do the alleged transfers.

It's been a very hard, very painful lesson. The money isn't the worst part of it (although I admit, we aren't wealthy people. This is a lot of money and I don't know if we will be able to go forward with our surrogacy plans now.) The worst part is that we have spent the last year being lied to, manipulated, emotionally blackmailed and now threatened if we talk about our experience.

Rudy Rupak may have taken our hope to have another child. However, I am not going to be silent and allow him to continue to exploit intended parents and surrogates alike.