Charges Filed Against 2 in Baby-Selling Scheme

Charges were filed Tuesday against a Long Beach attorney and an Orange County social worker, accusing them of conspiracy in a baby-selling scheme in which between $5,000 and $20,000 allegedly was offered to pregnant welfare recipients for newborns.

The attorney, Ira M. Aspiz, 34, and the social worker, Youda Huor, 33, have agreed to appear in court April 13 for arraignment on the charges, which were filed in Orange County.

Aspiz and Huor are each charged with two felony counts of conspiracy to offer payments to a parent for adoption, and one misdemeanor count of attempting to offer such payments. If convicted, each could receive a maximum prison sentence of three years and 8 months.

Paul S. Meyer, Aspiz’s attorney, said the charges were “grossly exaggerated.”