The chaos of buying and selling eggs and sperm – Part 2: Swapping sperm, pushing prices up

Massively soliciting egg donors, as well as “services” for making surrogacy records, in vitro fertilization, artificial insemination… in many closed groups on social networks is “stork” Thu (23)˳ age, hometown Quang Ngai)˳ In the role of a person looking for sperm to be a single mother, the reporter approached “stork” Thu˳

On the afternoon of April 16, at a coffee shop in Tan Binh district (HCMC), Thu said: “You have to collect the application fee because you ask for the owner’s sperm for the customer, the customer wants to get the sperm from someone on your side to get the right sperm˳ Yes, my side runs the legalization papers to get the right sperm”, Thu admitted to having 4 years in her “profession”˳

Trick… swapping sperm

Thu said that Thu’s “service” provides sperm samples according to the customer’s requirements˳ Customers know information about the “donor” such as name, appearance, degree… “We have to run a profile to get the right sperm sample˳ Rarely brokers can do it because it can’t be swapped˳ sperm, do the actual procedure to swap samples with the institute”, Thu Bao˳

Thu quoted a Vietnamese sperm sample for 60 million VND, while a foreigner’s sperm sample through a broker in Hanoi was 110 million VND˳ The above price includes money for making “documents” and expenses for “donors”, excluding hospital fees˳

“Standard” person “donor” sperm on Thu side is 1˳7m tall, has a university degree, good-looking appearance, has a health check, blood test, semen analysis˳ The sperm “donor” who is a Vietnamese will receive a compensation of 10 million VND from Thu, while the “donor” who is a foreigner will receive 65 million VND˳

When guests like the image of the “donor”, Thu will meet and show the documents and degrees of this person˳ At this time, the customer must deposit 10 million VND for Thu to make a fake marriage registration certificate between the guest and a man in Thu˳ This person and the guest as an infertile couple come to the hospital for IVF procedures˳

When the customer injects the first egg-stimulating injection, they have to deposit 20 million VND for Thu˳ On the day of egg collection and sperm collection to make embryos at the hospital, the selected “donor” will be present at the cafe’s toilet near the hospital to collect samples˳ Relatives of guests can meet the “donor” to verify˳ This sample will be swapped with the client’s “husband” sample for in vitro fertilization˳

When there are embryo results, Thu will receive the remaining amount˳ The “husband” on the fake document will make a power of attorney for the embryo so that the customer has the right to use the embryo˳ “The sperm donor will not know the recipient’s information, no trouble later,” Thu said˳

In order for the fake marriage certificate to pass through the notary door and the hospital, Thu Bao needed to “run” money for the people of the notary office and the hospital administrative staff˳ “The broker shares with the institute, to put it bluntly˳ They must know each other, run money with the notary office, then they will do it,” Thu said˳

On April 19, Thu reported the price of a foreigner’s sperm sample from 65 million VND to 6,000 USD, excluding the “file” amount of 60 million VND˳ “They said the epidemic showed signs of resurgence, the source was carefully selected, so the price was high˳ I heard it too” – Thu split up and sent pictures of 14 foreigners, saying “all ready for you to choose”˳

Making fake marriage certificate to bypass the clinic

Unlike Thu, on April 23, “stork” Huynh introduced the IUI “underground” service (artificial insemination by injecting sperm into the uterus) for people who want to be single mothers˳

The package price that Huynh offers is VND 35 million, including “document” which is a fake marriage certificate and the cost of artificial insemination at the clinic˳ If the customer does not have a sperm donor, Huynh is ready to provide it with a “reinforcing” price of 15-20 million VND˳

“I pump underground, I do it underground, I take care of all the papers˳ You just need an ID card,” Huynh said˳ Then, she sent a picture to introduce the “donor” as Tuan˳ Through a video call, Tuan said that he is 26 years old, in good health, has never “donated” sperm and has a wife and children˳ About money, Tuan said follow the price that Huynh reported˳

Huynh then introduced “guest” to “stork” Thao (42 years old)˳ Mrs˳ Thao told me that when she went to the clinic, which is also the place to pump sperm, on Cong Quynh Street (District 1), she had to declare that she was infertile and wanted to do IUI because she had been married for three years but had no children˳

On the afternoon of April 25, at the meeting point near the clinic, Ms˳ Thao added that she must not say that she wants to be a single mother because this clinic will not accept it, and at the same time, she told her husband that he was busy and could not go with him˳ “For now, just declare your profile (Tuan – sperm donor)˳ If you don’t like that friend, change the profile, or just use that friend’s name but when you get sperm, someone else will take it,” Thao said˳ ˳

At the clinic’s check-in counter, Ms˳ Thao told the counter staff that the “guest” was infertile, wanted to do IUI, and her husband was doing a semen analysis at another place, only to get the results the next day˳

After returning, Ms˳ Thao repeatedly asked customers to transfer 10 million to take care of the paperwork˳ Of these 10 million, the money to “buy” fake marriage certificates was 5-6 million VND, the rest was her “wage”˳ Worried that the fake marriage certificate would be discovered, she said: “Make sure you are okay, I found out that I took you to another place to work˳ I have to bear the impact˳”

According to Tuoi Tre’s documents, the two “storks” Thao and Huynh connected with each other to draw “guests” are familiar with the clinic and can “inject sperm” at the above clinic, but are actually “tricks” corner” made a fake marriage certificate to bypass the clinic˳

“Stork” wriggles papers, offers “service” for surrogacy

According to research, “stork” Thao is the administrator of many private groups to public groups “surrogacy”, “egg donation” with thousands to tens of thousands of members participating˳ As an administrator of many groups, “stork” Thao approaches people who need to “donate” eggs as well as customers who need to “ask” for eggs, hire surrogate mothers˳

On the afternoon of May 4, Ms˳ Thao quoted a full package of surrogacy services of VND 1,080 billion, in case the eggs are from a surrogate, the package price is VND 900 million˳ The above prices include hospital fees˳ “Take your eggs and give them to that person for 1,080 billion, go and ask for eggs to give that person also 1˳080 billion,” she said˳

In case the person wants to get pregnant by herself, “stork” Thao said that she only needs to “ask for eggs” with an amount of 30-35 million VND/time˳

The price of “service” of surrogacy package is up to billions of billion, Ms˳ Thao said, including the “document” money, ranging from 250 to 350 million VND; the cost of egg stimulation, embryo creation, and payment for surrogate mothers is about 300 million˳ The money to feed and rent a house for the surrogate mother for 9 months and 10 days, to take the surrogate mother to visit, and to pay for care brokerage is also more than 100 million VND˳

And “stork” Thu said that if “guest” can’t find a relative to surrogacy, her “service” has a package price of 1˳1 billion VND – including expenses such as “running” the application, raising surrogate mother and pay gratuities to the surrogate˳

According to “stork” Thu, the surrogate will use her real papers to give birth, and this birth certificate will be canceled and unused˳ Thu’s “service” will “run” the real birth certificate to “legitimize” the tenant as the mother on the birth certificate˳

Thu said that there are currently three collaborators who often go online to find customers to transfer to Thu˳ Depending on the guests found, each collaborator can get 10-20 million “commission”˳

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