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    Home - Los Angeles - 21 children taken into custody amid claims couple misled surrogate mothers across the US

    21 children taken into custody amid claims couple misled surrogate mothers across the US

    21 children taken into custody amid claims couple misled surrogate mothers across the US

    21 children taken into custody amid claims couple misled surrogate mothers across the US

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    • July 17, 2025
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    • Police have detained 21 children linked to a couple in Los Angeles, Silvia Zhang and Guojun Xuan, suspected of misleading surrogate mothers across the US.
    • Allegations of abuse have surfaced, with CCTV footage revealing emotional and physical maltreatment by at least six nannies in the couple’s home.
    • Authorities, including the FBI, are probing potential surrogacy fraud, while the couple has been arrested on charges of child endangerment and neglect.

    California: 21 children taken into custody – amid claims couple misled surrogate mothers across the US | US News

    Police have taken 21 children into custody, amid allegations that a couple in Los Angeles may have misled surrogate mothers across the US.

    Silvia Zhang, 38, and Guojun Xuan, 65, are believed to be the legal parents of the children, who are aged between two months and 13 years old.

    “We believe one or two were born biologically to the mother,” Lieutenant Kollin Cieadlo said. “There are some surrogates who have come forward and said they were surrogates for the children.”

    “The couple told police that they wanted a large family,” he added.

    Human trafficking in Los Angeles

    Fifteen children were removed from the couple’s home in Arcadia, about 13 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles, after an abuse allegation was made. Another six living in the care of family and friends were also located.

    The couple were arrested in May after a hospital reported that their two-month-old infant had a traumatic head injury – with a nanny accused of violently shaking the baby.

    The infant was not taken to hospital until two days later, after they began suffering seizures.

    CCTV footage recorded inside the home showed the children being emotionally and physically abused by at least six nannies.

    Lt Cieadlo said Zhang had produced what appeared to be legitimate birth certificates, including some from outside California, that list her as the mother of the children.

    Business records show a company called Mark Surrogacy Investment LLC was previously registered at the couple’s address, although the most recent documents show the business licence ended in June.

    Police said they are investigating whether the children found at the home in the San Gabriel Valley were part of a surrogacy scam.

    Lt Cieadlo also confirmed officers were working with the FBI as part of their investigation.

    Kayla Elliott, one of the surrogate mothers who has come forward, told Sky’s US partner NBC News: “I was a bit hysterical. You just don’t expect that you’re going to go through a pregnancy and a delivery and then hand the baby over to their parents and then all of a sudden find out that there was abuse and neglect going on.”

    Arrest warrants were issued for Zhang, Xuan and the 56-year-old nanny, who was not in custody on Wednesday. Zhang and Xuan were detained on suspicion of child endangerment/neglect.

    The Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services, which removed the couple’s children, declined to comment on the case.

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