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An American who fathered more than 30 children through sperm donations, including at least seven in Canada, has admitted he lied to a sperm bank about his background, police said.
Police in Georgia say James Christian (Chris) Aggeles showed up at a police station in Athens-Clarke County last week, saying he wanted to turn himself in.
"I was contacted about a male in the police parking lot that said he had committed a fraud," Det. Brigitte Menzel wrote in the report. "He informed me that he had falsified paperwork for a sperm bank, Xytex."
Aggeles is at the centre of multiple lawsuits against the Georgia-based sperm bank Xytex Corp., including three suits from Ontario families that allege they were misled about their sperm donor's medical and social history, which they claim included a criminal record and a mental illness.
Two lawsuits were also filed against Xytex in a B.C. court this summer in connection with this case.
Menzel's report said Aggeles told her he "was not truthful" about his college degree status, and about some other information which was redacted in...