A former Colleyville resident who ran a surrogate-mother and egg-donation agency was arrested Friday in California, accused of stealing more than $2 million from prospective parents, surrogates and banks.
On Thursday, a federal grand jury indicted Tonya Collins, 36, on seven counts of wire fraud, four counts of mail fraud, nine counts of bank fraud and 10 counts of money laundering, according to the U.S. attorney's office in Sacramento.
Collins was arrested at her home in Antelope in Sacramento County.
The indictment says the crimes occurred from November 2006 through March 2009.
Collins' companies, SurroGenesis and the Michael Charles Independent Financial Holdings Group, based in Modesto, Calif., are the focus of the federal investigation.