Former clients are accusing the international agency World Center of Baby—which recruited surrogate mothers in Ukraine—of fraud.

After collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars, the company effectively ceased operations, leaving both prospective parents and women who were already carrying or had given birth to babies without their money.

This is according to an investigation by the OCCRP and its partners.

World Center of Baby offered surrogacy programs in Ukraine, Georgia, Albania, Cyprus, and Mexico. Some packages cost over $100,000.