Payments abruptly stop for pregnant surrogate in alleged escrow scheme involving Houston company
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- More families plan to join a lawsuit against Houston-based Surrogacy Escrow Account Management LLC, or SEAM-a company owned by Dominique Side, which is accused of defrauding intended parents out of millions, KPRC 2 has learned.
Forget the law suits. There should be a warrant out for this woman's arrest for multiple crimes.
Exactly, how is she not in a jail or a warrant out for her arrest????
Black privilege
I believe she'll get charged soon. This isn't just civil, definitely criminal!
Seriously!!
@@JimmyjimjimjimShe's not black 🤡
She sleeps pretty well, people like that don't give a crap about others
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She is a textbook narcissist psychopath/sociopath pathological liar.
Waxed Cold
Facts
She is a narcissistic psychopath/sociopath. How could she ever think that she wasn't going to get caught.
Wow that took a turn that i did not see coming when that music video came on😂
lol
Facts 😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂
Im crying 😂😂😂
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The “music” video is a crime all to itself.
😂😂Sorry, that was funny.
That house is empty and that echo proves it.
That lady has left the country with millions.
People are getting bolder snd bolder. This is next level.
These scammers know no bounds!
Dom should be in prison!
Fraud and Larceny
Racist
Yo! Have some respect for the cultural values here… the woman is a manager in the challenging business of sex workers and traditionally gets to keep whatever cut she wants. Partying is a customary biz expense.
@@BoStaggs-cr5lc what’s racist? She a grifter and a thief ! Nothing to do with race. It has to do with her poor choices . Get help for your condition. Race baiter
@@BoStaggs-cr5lc You are an idiot...
Dom probably fled the country at this point
she's 100% in DR
@@TheBest-zi2fpshe isn’t smart enough to have squirreled money away.
@@TheBest-zi2fp😂 omg I came to comment just that.
She's going to find a way to make it work for her until it doesn't
DOM is probably in the DOMinican Republic.
Sounds like an 'American Greed' Episode!!
😂😂😂😂
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Russians, Africans, Indians, Middle Easterners -- right, only Americans suffer from greed. Only Americans come up with schemes to fraudulently get rich off of others.
- NO, that is a human thing and you can go across the world to find all kind of "Greed Episodes."
*Just another American Hate propagandist planted to destroy a country from within*
Greed isn't excllusive only to America unfortunately.
Preach ✔✔💯💯
DISGUSTING 🤬 SHAME ON DOM!!
Selling a baby then giving it away is disgusting
@@bunjijumper5345 I just think this is an entire mess I could never do it I agree with you I think it's wrong we have too many kids that need to be adopted
@@MaryHartman-ei9pvhave you ever tried? It’s a whole other nightmare
@@aoneal3723 no but I can only imagine what happens if the surrogate changes their mind I don't know I don't like it at all
She did nothing wrong only idiots who pay someone to pay someone else
That snippet of Dom twerking to lack lustre music left my jaw on the floor 😮. Her image as a Director and her in booty shorts seem like two different people. Humans really are strange creatures. The backstabbing of each other never ceases to amaze me.
That’s their culture, far removed from all the others.
@@WBWLMNot as bad y’all culture. So don’t even try it!
I never understand why humans harm each other. This world is cruel enough, life must consume life to continue living and that alone is hard but we also have accident and illnesses that cause heartache.
Why do some humans want to contribute to the harm? We created modern society to save ourselves and children from predation and some sicknesses. So why do humans still prey on each other?
@@Freedomofspeechisajoke your username is garbage
She isn't at work all day it is like 2 differ people I know u don't act the same at work than you do outside of work
Didn’t expect the worst music I’ve seen to take millions of dollars or for this story
She probably got hustled to 😂 when you don't earn the money you spend it foolishly
Seen?
How are you seeing the music?
@@enigmalfidelity
How are you not understanding what a video is
Let me guess...You love Trump right?
This is very dangerous for the child. These are real human beings being affected by this mess.
If you ask a Democrat, it’s not a child. It’s a “clump of cells.”
Just when I think I've heard it all, I haven't. My goodness, Dom living high class on others dime probably in a country that doesn't extradite to the USA.
Nice move
Omg! Unacceptable. This company and the owner must be held accountable. Thank goodness the surrogate and the bio mother have a good relationship and were able to coordinate an alternate payment method.
This woman and her co workers should go to prison for doing this to these people!!
I knew a woman who was a surrogate a few times and had a pretty good experience. I'm a bit naive, but why would you even envolve a third party? Just keep the money in a savings account and then pay the surrogate. Hopefully the lady that disappeared with the money is held accountable.
Trust issues. The escrow account is a holder of the funds to insure the parties get paid. They are supposed to do exactly that with an escrow account. It divvies out payments and is there to make sure the payments go out. They are supposed to be trust holders of agreed upon money but from the looks of it, the owner of the escrow accounts stole, literally stole the money for her own personal gain. So not only did this escrow woman take from the payee, she took it from the person who was supposed to get paid.
Escrow accounts exist as a safe way to ensure both parties in a legally binding transaction do their part. It is most often used in real estate transactions to ensure the buyer shows good faith by depositing the money into escrow. The escrow company will release the funds to the seller when all forms are signed and keys are handed over. In a rental dispute in housing court, to show good faith and intent to pay rent, a tenant should put rent money into an escrow account while a judge decides what to do. If a landlord needs to take action, such as making necessary repairs to make a place habitable, until the landlord proves to the judge they have made the repairs, they will not receive the rent. The whole point of escrow accounts is that a neutral third party can say Party A has deposited the money and Party B will get the money when the product or services are rendered in full. So it is a huge blow to everyone and breach of trust when the escrow company is the one that scams everyone.
Right and pay the person yourself! U see they started making private arrangements
There have been issues with that too. Funds run out and sometimes people are dishonest as well. An escrow fund is supposed to have majority of the money to make sure the surrogates get paid and in a timely manner. If from a personal account, what if the money you intended to use ran out or the parents are just deciding to withhold payment for whatever reason? Going through an escrow also usually means a lawyer was involved
Because a company will do background checks and check both people out and make sure home studies are done and handle a lot of things for both sides. And they handle the legal side too and they hold money and make sure everything is on the up and up
Honestly, stories like this help me to better understand why many countries have banned surrogacy. There are just too many opportunities for abuse, and pregnancy is so expensive and high-risk as it is.
Bro, it should 10000000% be illegal. I can sorta, sorta understand it if the woman isn't capable of carrying a child for medical reasons. But other than that it's just horrifically grim, it's just rich people exploiting the poor. A woman getting a child without the whole mother experience. A poor woman that goes through all the motions of becoming a mother, having a child growing inside of her etc. Giving birth to it, only for it to immediately be taken away for her to never be able to see again. It's revolting. And it's even worse when the egg is from the surrogate mother, because now she's not only the one that grew the baby in her body, it's literally her baby and it's going to get ripped away. Many of these young women don't even realize what they're getting into and often don't really want to give up the baby anymore when it comes time too
@@3choblast3r4 I just feel like there are literally millions of children who are orphaned, ill-cared-for, etc. If you're rich enough to pay a surrogate, you're rich enough to adopt a kid from one of those hell hole orphanages in third-world countries that operate more like prisons than a place for children. There are countries were if a baby is deemed bad luck, it will literally be dumped in the nearest landfill. Many of these countries don't have the resources to care for these unwanted children. Everyone is always pushing adoption as the perfect option, and I will admit that it also has its problems, but if you really want a baby that badly, consider adopting one that is already here and in need of a loving home.
@@3choblast3r4it’s a sick practice
Banned paid surrogacy at least.
@Kwildcat13it’s still risky though, and it takes a long time for your body to fully recover. Many women are totally changed after pregnancy.
Why aren't there criminal charges??
Right. Wouldn't this be considered fraud of some sort?
The last 5 seconds of the segment they said the FBI is continuing to investigate.
I think they have to go through a the process, first she skipped court hearing then the investigation then criminal charges are brought and eventually arrest. The idiot will plead innocent get convicted and go to jail for long time
Because BLM ✊🏿 ✊🏾 ✊🏽
Why isn't she under arrest and incarcerated? Harris County DA Kim Ogg is the laziest SOB in Texas.
Proud of the surrogate for doing what's right. She's a kind women. Praying for a healthy delivery. Blessings, 💞 😊
You mean getting paid, well not anymore to get pregnant? I think that's very wrong! ✌️
So you’re telling me I’m allowed to act as a bank and hold people’s money without proper regulation, oversight or insurance?
I understand why a women would do surrogacy to help another family out, but go thru attorney not an agency. Friend did this 2 times over 10 years ago. Fees were family paid all lawyer and medical fees for the surrogate and a set fee to carry the baby. Even then they have to adopt the baby legally in our state.
Risky business regardless if the surrogate does not want to relinquish baby after birth, which happens.
lol......guess what Einstein?? Attorneys use escrow companies for that as well. Money is always placed in escrow. Attorneys can defraud you just as fast as anyone else
I don’t think you have a clue about any of this. The account is under escrow, which means it went through a legal contract with lawyers on all sides. It’s as if you did not comprehend anything on the video you just watched.
You do know that lawyers love money 🤑 they don't care about anyone else 😂 so idk where you are getting your false information.
Growing up, I've always wanted to adopt (a baby or toddler) and as i got older my baby fever became stronger (I'm 30 now) i started looking into adoption later in life & was looking into surrogacy, just browsing, but didn't know where to start and one of my concerns were of the mother didn't want to relinquish the child after birth!
Women is plural
Next episode of American Greed.🤦🏽♀️
IVF is literally 20grand that’s why people use it to scam people all the time… just implanting an egg is costly and it doesn’t even guarantee u will even get pregnant… it’s even more money to use a surrogate… this happens all the time… the mother who had like 8 babies used IVF and her doctor definitely did a lot wrong…
This isn’t the first time people have tried to use pregnancy scams… it’s been generations of this tbh our society is just blind to the fact that women r vulnerable in this situation but no one protect us from this…
Y’all sound so dumb, news flash people literally all over the word are full of greed not just America 🙄
Dominique shouldn’t quit her day job. That music video looks like it sucks😂 Dom the Con..
That was not even music. Just sounds clapped together topped with her yelling. Low quality melody produced by a low quality character. Makes sense that she and together with everyone that produced that think they really did something.
@@Wonderer888 isn't that what most of it is nowadays ?
Prison
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she should be in jail for that music video alone 😂😭
Yes lol
"Because I'm not letting this woman win."
First of all: monster, not woman.
Secondly: Her attitude is sick (the good kind); what a champ
No one is a monster cause they stole some money!
And she already did win!
@@chriskibodeaux9818BS, she's pathetic 🙄
@@aprilbouknightmarquez6340 I don’t disagree but again no one is a monster over some easy money!
They thought their fraudulent scheme was impregnable.
Lol
_Pun_ _Intended..._ *LOL*
Good one
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My husband and I are looking into adoption right now and the cost for using an adoption agency seems to run $40,000-$50,000, just for the agency fees. Then there are home study fees that are about $1,500, and adoption lawyer fees that can cost anywhere from $1,000-$6,000. We’re also looking into foster to adopt. We’ve done foster care, and with reunification being the goal of foster care, fostering to adopt isn’t always guaranteed either, so it’s definitely a difficult journey either way.
Sending you both love 💛
This is why we shouldn’t rent our uterus’s for money and pay for babies. This industy is crooked and weird when you think about it. It shouldn’t cost thousands to have a baby as long as this continues to happen ( money for children) this will be the problem. Greed.
But don't you also have to pay when you adopt a kid as well?
@@lugi_L why do you have to pay for a life? this is why the industry is so unscrupulous.
You have no idea how this works. 😂
@@NYCHFAN sure I dont. lol
So what wouldve happened to the product (the baby) if the "parents" didn't have more funds to keep paying the surrogate? The whole thing of productizing women's reproductive organs and commercialising pregnancy is just too messy.
I agree and I’m literally infertile.
In Islam it is forbidden to do surrogacy for this reason. Often women who don’t have much are the ones doing this
The contract between the surrogate and the parents is still in full effect, neither of those parties failed to uphold their end. I am sure it would have been a pain to accomplish but they are both covered.
Thank god no one is forcing you to do it but someone has the freedom to have a family.
@AlisonCasilli Literally nobody was covered. They had to find alternative methods to make sure the surrogate would get paid which means the lesbian couple is out quit a bit of money right now.
How is this not human trafficking?
Unlike adoption, this is the biological child of one or both “intended” parents the vast majority of the time. The parents just have a live “incubator” standing in when the mom can’t carry her baby for some reason. Adoption on the other hand… that IS human trafficking by any and every definition.
@@Pressity1 so this is just womb trafficking. Got it. 🙋🏻♀️ Thanks!
@Pressity1 lots of fancy words for "selling a baby". A baby is still being sold, its trafficking.
@@Pressity1 so it’s just womb trafficking, got it! 🙋🏻♀️
Thank you for the education.
@@Pressity1it's sick and should be banned !
This story took the wildest turn ever. I thought the money was mishandled because of conflict from other Holdings. Incorrect corporate structure or private equity bleeding the fund dry, not an inspiring hip-hop artist stealing rhe funds.
I know!! She’s successful, making good money and helping these couples and she throws it all away because she thinks she going to be the next Meghan the stallion. Wow!
WILD!
@@joanclayton5212 it's pretty common.
Idk why people even do this it’s so messed up
I thought it was illegal to purchase another human? This sounds bad on all levels.
just the womb...I guess when you buy the womb and not the whole human it's fine ✌️
@@truthspeaker1269 Rent, not buy.
Omg, they're not buying a baby! It's their baby, implanted in someone else's womb. They're paying the medical bills and necessary things for the pregnany. 🤦♀️🤦♀️
@@ZombieTomato you're right ✌️
Don’t trust anyone.
It is just freaking weird to have someone else carry your baby.
Unnatural.
Well when our air and water is being poisoned to the extent that less and less woman/men are able to safely produce children….. you do what you gotta do to fulfill your lifelong desire and basic human right.
What if they have health issues and can't carry to term? You're making a lot of assumptions.
@@018milliondollarbaby 😂 you are making assumptions that I am not aware of it when I am. It is still weird af. And so are you.
@@018milliondollarbabyBull crap. Still not an excuse to use another woman’s uterus. It doesn’t the reason.
Selling your child 🤔 when did that become legal?
It’s not her child. It’s not her egg
Did anybody investigate the solidity of this company before doing business with them?
Nope! Desperations for having a child I guess.
That is ungodly.
Yes it is very wow
And renting someone else's body is "godly?"
@@truegrit7697 The whole thing is ungodly.
@@truegrit7697I think they’re talking about the scam
@@truegrit7697 some people can’t have keys man I don’t know what’s so un godly about that
"WHY DO YOU LOOK POOR?", ASK DOM TO EVERYBODY
A surrogate is such a weird concept.
Just another reason people shouldn’t do this.
What are the other reasons as this is just another?
@@cococonlin170human trafficking? Buying babies? Should I go on?
@@cococonlin170isn't it obvious, she/he doesn't like it so that's another reason 😂
@@cococonlin170Adopt. There are too many children that need and deserve good homes.
*ADOPT!* In the US alone, there are over half a million homeless children in our foster care system; and over 100,000 of them are available and awaiting adoption.
And it's only going to get worse with some states and their laws. I personally have heard too many horror stories to ever consider adoption, unless it was a family member in dire need. I think we're heading back to the days of grandparents stuck with raising two generations of 'siblings' to cover 'mistakes'.
Honestly! Why is surrogacy even a thing when there is so many children, even young babies in need of a home if people really want to be parents
Because some people want their own biological children not someone else's child that was unwanted by their own parents. Some choose to adopt and don't mind that there is no biological connection as well
Sadly, I think that's where we're headed too.
@@SewingBoxDesigns
Exactly! This nausea people seem to have towards paying on their DNA is prehistoric!
@@madday9589
This is sick!
Why do people still use a third party to do things like this?? Don’t they know lawyers exist?
Lawyers can still steal your money. Don't you remember Alex Murdaugh stealing settlements for his clients?
A lawyer can still steal ur money when it comes to this… I have to have IVF adopt or do this… but like it’s hard to find organizations that don’t take advantage of the money or the pregnancy… which is why we don’t even know if we will ever have children…
She paid over 30,000$ to have a child I don’t have that kind of money to loose to fraud… most people can’t afford to do this one time let alone multiple times…
IVF is like 20,000$ …
Yeh cos a lawyer never lied or scammed anyone....
@@pbj0815 An attorney would still steal your money. Alex Murdaugh stole millions in lawsuit settlement money from his clients.
Might be safer, many of the crooked lawyers are busy in their government jobs.
This is awful, some people have no heart
Her music video 😂: Daz MINE! DAZ MINE. LOL she def thought the money was hers. Wow
baby farming…disgusting
More like gardening.
It is amazing what some people will do to avoid getting a job. Both the surrogate and the up and coming "rapper".🤣
you forgot those dummies who go and actually pay for that ✌️
What! How could this type of business ever be corrupt?
This is disgusting and should be outlawed,i know woman out here doing this as a job... it's truly sickening 🤬
Wait…what should be outlawed?
Surrogacy is a horrible arrangement/ concept
She’s giving her baby away is what’s crazy. That’s her blood.
@@javieraguilerajr9551 so what, we drink cow and goat milk, and it's somebody else's sperm. get over it
@@javieraguilerajr9551not necessarily. They can put the other woman and her husband's embryo inside the surrogate. So it's not hers. She just carries the child but it's not blood related. But it's sick and crazy anyway.
You're right. I see surrogacy as the trafficking of women and infants. It's immoral and unethical.
Its completely wrong to deny children the right of a father... THIS IS IMMORAL AND WRONG!!
That’s so horrible
This is literally "Buy A Perfect Baby" in action. Let's do all the genetic testing to make sure this is something we really want to bring home. Pay $40,000 to make sure it looks like us.
Instead of picking up the phone and calling an adoption agency and loving a child who by no fault of their own, needed a family. Disgusting.
*** I'm not saying anyone deserved to be scammed, I'm simply saying if surrogacy wasn't the multi-million dollar business that it is, this never would have happened. Your baby doesn't have to look like you to love you, I'm sorry you can't love a stranger.
18 years per baby should be her sentence
She don't care... She sleeps good knowing she don't have to work anymore
You’re trying to buy a child, what could go wrong.
That scammer would be a perfect fit as mayor of Dolton, Illinois.
How is any of this legal? Seriously! How is this not in some way a form of prostitution?
Carrying a baby that's not yours is not natural and there are consequences.
For sure. That’s why it should be banned.
@@MeganJohnson913 Absolutely
Whenever rap music is involved, nothing is ever good.
Especially country music
@@MeBihhhhnaw. I agree rap music. Fckn thug azz wannabes.
Especially heavy metal!
Christian rap is just so...unsavory.
Damn that Kid Rock.
How can u just have a baby i gave it away thats just weird to me. Not even animals do that
it's not her baby though, not blood related she just carries someone else's child. It's selfish thing to do anyway. She's getting paid for it. Well, not anymore.
@truthspeaker1269 not her baby she's the one pregnant I guess I'm just too old school lol
they put the embryo inside her the other womans egg and her husband's sperm so no blood related @@bulmarorosales2843
What I don't understand is why are surrogates getting paid money to begin with?! Where i live you can only be reimbursed for medical expenses only. You can't offer to give them any money after birth since it's illegal and considered a serious crime!
The world is crazy to me you can pay woman to carry a child for you legal but not to have sexual encounter
Yeah.., that’s kinda messed up.
Kudos to the bio mom for still financially supporting her child’s surrogate! Shows the character of that woman 👏👏👏👏
Don't rent a womb
Exactly. For those that can not have kids they need to adopt them. Way too many children are in need of adoption. Surrogacy, in all honesty, is stupid and should not be happening. People say it’s kind and loving but I call bs.
That’s what you get for using human lives like merchandise
Escrow should have insurance bond
Funny how we are willing to do anything for money!!
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Adopt. If u really want kids. Stop breeding* kids when there are so many kids that need parents. If u really wanted to be a parent.
Agreed 💯
Global fertility rate below replacement level.
As soon as I saw her picture… it was a wrap. That was an I needed to see.
Once she is charged, her defense will simply be...'I'm Owed Reparations"!
How creative of you.
I met a mom at the park…. She was a surrogate that refused to give up the baby. Other family had to have weekend visits. Crazy!
That’s what they get for wanting to rely on someone else to carry their child.
Ur having a baby for money...carrying it for 9 months, then giving it away....how do u sleep at night?
Don is sipping on Mai tais in the Bahamas right now.
Why the hell would you use a 3rd party...???
So thankful the mom in Bellingham will still get her baby from the surrogate. I am really thankful for surrogates. Luckily I was able to have my own children but can empathize with those who cannot.
Some people really be having jail on speed dail don’t make no sense.
Vote red. Pregnant woman matter.
Thats Houston for ya. Biggest ghetto town that would take all you have & take your life even for a pinch of money. All this for a wannabe rapper. How shocking.
Racist much?
Good for them, the way they handled this horrible ordeal!!! God bless this child and there new family!!!
The whole surrogate things is just weird anyways.
Can't believed this crazy lady wasn't checked out when families are handing over tens of thousands of dollars.
Houston has been run in to the ground since the late 2000s so I'm not surprised.
Leave then you old fart
since katrina
@@D_M121 yeah that was the start of the Texas invasion.
Houston has had a reputation since the 80’s
Houston has been Texas biggest moneymaker since your dad got on welfare
Horrible greedy people. They have to pay.
Why would anyone use a private company to get a baby?!? All that money! They're BUYING that precious child! We adopted a baby. We received her when she was 5 days old. Soon, she will be 30 yrs old. We did NOT buy her. The agency only charged us what was needed to pay for filings, a small fee to pay social worker, etc. It was nowhere near $30,000! Adoption has become a business. 😢
It’s hard to find trusting organizations I think that’s majority of the issue tbh
You did buy her. What do ou think all of the adoption fees were for? The adoption process isn't free. You paying for the mother's care, lawyers, court filing fees, the agency's fees, etc. Private adoption costs about $50k these days. It isn't free. So essentially, you are buying a baby. I know it sounds harsh, but that is the reality. Adoption should be free.
Do NOT judge people who go through the surrogacy process instead of adoption. You have no idea what drives other people and your judgment is just plain wrong. Some people want a genetic link to their child for many many valid reasons. Others try the adoption process and it doesn’t pan out for them. Dismissing surrogacy as “buying” a baby is just gross and no one needs that high horse attitude.
No, they didn’t buy a baby, they rented a uterus. You bought a baby with all those adoption fees.
@@-zak-3452 we can judge whoever we want. Who are you to censor us? Is this the soviet Union or something Comrade?
This woman is selling a baby. I dont feel sorry for her.
How did Dom even get into being a 3rd party in a surrogacy plan? Hoochie’s always going to hooch.
Ummmm are people crazy?. The surrogate business in itself is wild as F, but to become a surrogate without full payment or at least a guarantee of an insured payment on delivery is wild. They basically joined a shady AF business and got conned.
When people start to tinker with the natural course of life for monetary gain, it can lead to all sorts of sorrow
Handing someone money in exchange for a person that you didn't birth seems wrong to me....
She should be given a life sentence without parole!
That’s mine! 🤦🏽♀️
Write up your contract with help from a attorney,and pay the surrogate yourself monthly y'all!!!😮😧
Your uterus should not be rented out
It just never stops with these “schemes”. You literally can’t trust anyone. It would have been better to have put it in a credit union or somewhere, rather than a company you don’t know about.
That music video 😂
Why would you ever use an escrow service owned by an individual?