India, Oct. 8 -- A Chinese immigrant and his wife have been arrested in the US on charges of abusing at least 14 children born through surrogacy, media reports said.

According to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, 66-year-old Guojun Xuan and 39-year-old Silvia Zhang were charged in connection with the alleged abuse of at least 14 surrogate-born children, some of whom were as young as two months old.

Xuan and Zhang were arrested at their mansion in Arcadia on Tuesday.

"The pair ran their own surrogacy company and allegedly made false statements to at least two women who became surrogates, indicating that Zhang was struggling to conceive," according to the criminal complaint cited by the District Attorney's Office.

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