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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ken Sweet

Federal authorities allege more than $10M in childcare payment fraud in California

Daycare Fraud - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Federal authorities charged a dozen people Tuesday for fraudulently collecting more than $10 million in government childcare payments, when the operators had few or even no actual children attending their facilities.

The charges, jointly announced in San Diego by the Justice Department and the criminal investigations division of the IRS, are the latest effort by the Trump administration to investigate and charge alleged cases of fraud and waste in government programs.

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