Vet­er­an Behind Sur­ro­ga­cy Firm Cash­ing In On Chi­nese Elites Faces Probe By For­mer Employ­er

The Army vet­er­an behind a Cal­i­for­nia-based sur­ro­ga­cy com­pa­ny that catered to wealthy Chi­nese nation­als is fac­ing an inves­ti­ga­tion from his for­mer employ­er over ques­tions about his back­ground.
Haot­ian Bai, a 37-year-old U.S. Army vet­er­an, found­ed the Irvine-based Patri­ot Con­cep­tions, which recent­ly made head­lines after a Cal­i­for­nia sur­ro­gate iden­ti­fied as “Judy” dis­cov­ered she was car­ry­ing a child intend­ed for Chi­nese bil­lion­aire Xu Bo, who has report­ed­ly fathered more than 100 chil­dren through such arrange­ments. Patri­ot Con­cep­tions told her the in …