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A Boise woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury on multiple charges of defrauding egg donors, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in St. Louis, Missouri.
Janae Helgerson, 31, was arrested in Idaho Thursday. She appeared in federal court in Boise on Friday and was released under the condition she attend her future court appointments.
Helgerson owned and operated Mid-West Egg Donation, a company registered in Boise, to match couples seeking to conceive a baby with women who were willing to donate eggs to these couples.
'Helgerson devised a scheme'
According to federal court documents, prospective clients paid a fee for its services and donors were supposed to be paid compensation of at least $4,000.
Mid-West Egg represented a number of clients to obtain eggs from donors and accepted payments from those clients to cover both its agency fee, compensation for the donor, and other expenses including travel expenses incurred by donors.
Many donors were in the St. Louis area and elsewhere. The indictment alleges that between 2006 and 2010, Helgerson agreed with client donors to pay them...
Janae Helgerson, 31, was arrested in Idaho Thursday. She appeared in federal court in Boise on Friday and was released under the condition she attend her future court appointments.
Helgerson owned and operated Mid-West Egg Donation, a company registered in Boise, to match couples seeking to conceive a baby with women who were willing to donate eggs to these couples.
'Helgerson devised a scheme'
According to federal court documents, prospective clients paid a fee for its services and donors were supposed to be paid compensation of at least $4,000.
Mid-West Egg represented a number of clients to obtain eggs from donors and accepted payments from those clients to cover both its agency fee, compensation for the donor, and other expenses including travel expenses incurred by donors.
Many donors were in the St. Louis area and elsewhere. The indictment alleges that between 2006 and 2010, Helgerson agreed with client donors to pay them...
