Woman pretended to be pregnant to con couple in £10,000 surrogacy scam

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Woman pretended to be pregnant to con couple in £10,000 surrogacy scam
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She advertised her services as a surrogate to 'help a family' and befriended the family.

Kimmet advertised her services as a surrogate to"help a family" and befriended the Kennedys.However, she received an initial £1000 for"ongoing expenses".

Kimmet - a first offender - pleaded guilty to the single charge of fraud at Glasgow Sheriff Court spanning between November 2020 and March 2021.The advert was posted under the name Lou M. Graham who offered a surrogate service to “help a family”.Prosecutor Gemma Barclay said: “It was agreed she would provide services as a surrogate mother and informed the Kennedys that this would cost £10,000 for two embryos.

Ms Barclay added: “Kimmet contacted Mrs Kennedy a few weeks later stating that she attended hospital again for a scan and said staff identified two heart beats.”This was part of an agreement to send £1000 every four weeks.Kimmet cancelled it, claiming her daughter had Covid, but “rearranged” it for later in March.

Mrs Kennedy meantime contacted Kimmet’s sister to tell her that she “pretended to be a surrogate with my twins”.

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