If it doesn't work out, children are hidden, denied contact with… (ребёнок · москва · женщина)
If it doesn't work out, children are hidden, denied contact with their mothers, and taken abroad. Moscow5 July Vesti reports that a new type of fraud involving marriage is gaining popularity in Moscow: women seek brides for their sons, then kick the daughters-in-law out of the house and take the children away, according to Mash.
Consensus
- The scheme involves men pretending to be in romantic relationships with women
- The women bear children for these men after marriage
- After childbirth, the men abuse and intimidate the women
- Women are forced out of their families
- Children may be hidden from mothers or taken abroad
- Victims often struggle years to regain custody of their children
- The victims are typically chosen because they lack money and connections
Points of divergence
- If not successful, the children are hidden, denied contact with mothers, and taken abroad where they are raised by the father and his mother until the mother gives up hope of seeing them again. — vm
- One victim's husband suddenly divorced her after the child was born and moved to the US. Another woman had her daughter stolen by her mother-in-law, who first beat her and then took custody of the child. — vesti
Coverage (2 sources)
- Fraudulent 'surrogate marriage' scheme spreads in Moscow — Вечерняя Москва
- Surrogate Marriage Gaining Popularity in Moscow — Вести