cancer survivor alecia and her husband scott, who do not want their last names disclosed, were not able kids on their own. they were friends with heather, so they contacted the agency she was working with to find out about using a surrogate. but something didn't feel right. >> we'd like you to wire $35,000 and then we'll move into the contract phase. something was odd at that point. >> reporter: in total, the agency was asking intended parents for up to $180,000 per baby, more than double the average cost, promising designer babies, in race and gender. heather was also starting to feel unsettled. >> about the eighth week, i was a little uncomfortable. i was being presented with all these couples that supposedly wanted to match with me and then i'd never hear about them again. >> reporter: her suspicions were confirmed. at 18 weeks pregnant, heather found out she was a pawn in an operation to sell babies. >> so what went through your mind when you found out the fbi was investigating the people you were working with? >> i was scared. i was shocked. >> reporter: scared and shocked because

cancer survivor alecia and her husband scott, who do not want their last names disclosed, were not ableon their own. they were friends with heather, so they contacted the agency she was working with to find out about using a surrogate. but something didn't feel right. >> we'd like you to wire $35,000 and then we'll move into the contract phase. something was odd at that point. >> reporter: in total, the agency was asking intended parents for up to $180,000 per baby, more than double the average cost, promising designer babies, in race and gender. heather was also starting to feel unsettled. >> about the eighth week, i was a little uncomfortable. i was being presented with all these couples that supposedly wanted to match with me and then i'd never hear about them again. >> reporter: her suspicions were confirmed. at 18 weeks pregnant, heather found out she was a pawn in an operation to sell babies. >> so what went through your mind when you found out the fbi was investigating the people you were working with? >> i was scared. i was shocked. >> reporter: scared and shocked because the fb

. >> reporter: when alecia pagerly lost her husband kyle, a deputy sheriff in the line of duty a fewhamid was the first to step in, throwing a fund-raiser to cover all her expenses at the time. >> he gives you hope. people like hamid definitely helped me to believe there's still good people. >> reporter: and yet hamid is convinced he's the lucky one here. >> i'm making an honest living. i'm part of the society. i'm raising my kids. i'm practicing my faith, being a muslim. i'm able to do all those things in this great land of ours and when i say god bless america i mean it from the bottom of my heart. i mean it, god bless america. >> pelley: steve hartman in reading, pennsylvania. that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, i'm scott pelley. i'll see you sunday on "60 minutes." good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access g . >>> this is wusa 9 news. >>> protestors clash with police on wall street today as that demonstration entered week number 7. we have also seen arrest in the occupy protests right here in d.c. incl

the wary couple she was friends with, alecia and scott never did sign with the illegal agency but stillple legally adopted heather's baby. now they all have a lifelong bond. >> how will you explain to her her berth story? i will tell her how much i love her and that -- that i did this because i love her mom and dad and that she is forever going to bless so many lives and that she's here because of a bad choice that i made but in hindsight it wasn't so bad. >> sandra endojoins us now live from kansas city. your piece mentioned this had been going on for a while and there were a number of babies produced. what's going to happen to them? >> well, anderson, authorities were able to track down most of the babies produced in this scheme and they found that they are in loving homes. the intended parents, the surrogates, and the babies produced from this the scam are victims here. so they're not going to be punished and authorities say they're not going to take these babies from their new families. >> yeah. i've met a number of these surrogates involved in this. unbeknownst to themselves. what

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