Sperm Agency Founder
Convicted of Fraud

By MacKenna Roberts, BioNews.org
John Gonzalez, the founding director of a controversial UK-based online company - 'ManNotIncluded.com', which online business June 2002 amidst stormy criticism, claiming the website was the world's first to courier fresh sperm and insemination equipment directly to lesbian, single and medically infertile couples who paid to register on the site, charging up to ﾣ7,000 for delivery. Some critics viewed the service as a threat to the family unit and dubbed the site 'morals not included'.

Medical practitioners and government authorities warned that this kind of service poises a potential threat to women's and the resulting child's health because the fresh sperm is not screened for any diseases. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology 1990 Act requires sperm donations to be quarantined for up to 180 days for testing. Some infections such as HIV may take up to three months to incubate, meaning that an HIV test at the time of the donation may not detect the virus even though the donor might be carrying it.

Gonzalez maintains that ManNotIncluded.com boasted 20 pregnancies and more than 5,000 customers. In December 2004, Gonzalez illegally liquidated the company with debt totalling over ﾣ220,000 and then continued to trade under a slightly different name. Meanwhile, he embezzled ﾣ185,000 from these company accounts.

Sources: The Daily Telegraph 14/4/2008 'Sperm to lesbians website founder jailed'