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\"Justice<\/a>LOS ANGELES<\/strong> \u2013 The owner of a Glendora egg donation and surrogacy company pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal wire fraud charge and admitted defrauding would-be parents, egg donors and surrogates over the course of more than three years, officials said.<\/p>\n

Allison Layton,<\/strong> a 38-year-old resident of Star, Idaho, plead guilty in federal court.<\/p>\n

As a result of the fraud scheme, officials said more than 40 victims lost more than $270,000.<\/p>\n

As a result of her pleading guilty to wire fraud, officials said Layton faces up to 20 years in federal prison.<\/p>\n

Layton is scheduled to be sentenced on May 28.<\/p>\n

Layton, who owned and operated Miracles Egg Donation and sometimes used the name Allison Jarvie,<\/strong> lived in Glendora during the course of the scheme, according to authorities.<\/p>\n

Between August 2008 and January 2012, would-be parents \u2013 who in the surrogacy and egg donation world are known as intended parents \u2013 paid thousands of dollars for egg donation and surrogacy services that Miracles promised to coordinate.<\/p>\n

Layton, however, took money \u2013 often tens of thousands of dollars \u2013 from the intended parents. Instead of putting the funds into escrow accounts to be withdrawn only for certain costs related to the surrogacy or egg donation, Layton used the money for her own personal expenses or to cover unpaid costs related to other clients, officials said.<\/p>\n

As a result of Layton\u2019s misappropriation of client funds, egg donors, surrogates, attorneys and others often were not paid for all the services they provided and intended parents often did not receive all the services for which they had paid, officials said.<\/p>\n

At least one investor in Miracles also lost money, authorities said.<\/p>\n

When the donors, surrogates and intended parents sought to recover their money and costs, Layton would lull them into believing they would be repaid through false assurances that payments had already been made or would be made soon.<\/p>\n

The investigation into Layton was conducted by the FBI.<\/span><\/p>\n

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