--- description: A woman convicted of selling babies was sentenced to an additional 10 months in prison after violating her terms of her prison release title: Vegas Baby Seller Headed Back to Prison for Puppy Mill image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0931bea6bd46cf5c/6988672bcf40a8ed07c4014a/20120224_zaf_s44_008.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Vegas Baby Seller Headed Back to Prison After Operating Puppy Mill  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Oct 7, 2015 1:31 PM CUT  Carla Chambers, arrived at Federal Court downtown, she and Theresa Erickson were being sentenced for their roles in a baby-selling surrogacy case in San Diego, Calif., on Feb 24, 2012. Carla Chambers, arrived at Federal Court downtown, she and Theresa Erickson were being sentenced for their roles in a baby-selling surrogacy case in San Diego, Calif., on Feb 24, 2012.John Gastaldo—Zuma  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Oct 7, 2015 1:31 PM CUT A woman convicted of selling babies was sentenced to an additional 10 months in prison Tuesday after violating her terms of her prison release by [operating an illegal puppy mill](http://mediaassets.ktnv.com/document/2015/10/06/PR%20Chambers%20Supervised%20Release%20Violations%5F1444177064368%5F24861882%5Fver1.0.pdf?%5Fga=1.196911532.1602493345.1444193582 "undefined"), according to the United States Attorney in the Southern District of California. Carla Chambers was convicted of operating an illegal [baby selling scheme](https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2011/september/surrogacy%5F091311 "undefined") in 2012 that involved creating an inventory of babies and charging would-be parents up to $150,000 for a child. After her release from prison, she violated the terms of her parole by operating a puppy mill from her home in Las Vegas. Chambers also admitted to falsifying her tax return and lying to her probation officer. The scheme was discovered after multiple [puppies sold by Chambers](http://www.ktnv.com/news/contact-13/convicted-baby-smuggler-who-turned-to-pet-trade-may-be-headed-back-to-prison "undefined") died with their new owners. U.S. District Judge Anthony J. Battaglia called Chambers’ crime “abhorrent” at a hearing Tuesday. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4064352/vegas-baby-seller-puppy-mill/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4064352/vegas-baby-seller-puppy-mill/"},"headline":"Vegas Baby Seller Headed Back to Prison After Operating Puppy Mill","datePublished":"2015-10-07T13:31:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T11:34:48.653Z","description":"Carla Chambers previously sold babies for up to $150,000","url":"https://time.com/4064352/vegas-baby-seller-puppy-mill/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0931bea6bd46cf5c/6988672bcf40a8ed07c4014a/20120224_zaf_s44_008.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0931bea6bd46cf5c/6988672bcf40a8ed07c4014a/20120224_zaf_s44_008.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"San Diego California News - Feb. 24, 2012","caption":"San Diego California News - Feb. 24, 2012","creditText":"John Gastaldo—Zuma","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4064352/vegas-baby-seller-puppy-mill/","name":"Vegas Baby Seller Headed Back to Prison After Operating Puppy Mill"}}]}] ```