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⚖️ A court in Florida (USA) satisfied a civil lawsuit against World Center Group Corp — the American company of the surrogacy agency World Center of Baby — ordering payment of 87,4 thousand dollars to a British couple who never received the promised services. OCCRP reports this.
In addition to the company itself, two other people were defendants in the case: the former president of World Center Group Corp and Ukrainian native Yuriy Star (Starodubskyi), and the company's official director Malvina Yonash, who lives in Mukachevo and holds Ukrainian citizenship.
The court did not consider the case on the merits because none of the defendants appeared. The decision was made in absentia. The plaintiffs themselves — a British couple who asked that their names not be published — told OCCRP reporters that they do not yet know whether they will be able to recover the money. Yuriy Star did not respond to OCCRP reporters’ questions about the lawsuit.
The surrogacy agency World Center of Baby, founded by Ukrainians, operated in Ukraine, Albania, Georgia, Cyprus, and Mexico, but in February of 2026 the company declared bankruptcy. Surrogate mothers were left without payments and support, and clients were left without services they had already paid for.
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