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Providing transport only
A Family Day Care educator submitted 2,847 false sessions of care for 2 children. The fraudulent claims totalled $38,891.70.
Investigations found that the educator was only dropping off and picking up children from school. They were not providing actual care.
There is no eligibility for Child Care Subsidy for this type of service.
The educator was convicted under Section 135.1(3) of the Criminal Code on one count of dishonestly intending to cause a loss to the Commonwealth.
The educator:
- was sentenced to a suspended 2-year prison term
- was ordered to complete 250 hours of unpaid community work
- must repay $38,891.70 plus costs.
Care not provided
An individual submitted false enrolments and sessions of care for 62 children totalling $465,946.14.
To do this, they had used customer reference numbers from previous enrolments. None of the families were aware the enrolments and sessions were being submitted. No care was provided to the children during the enrolment period.
The individual was convicted under Section 135.1(1) of the Criminal Code on 2 counts of dishonestly intending to obtain a gain from the Commonwealth.
They were sentenced to a prison term of 2 years and 6 month.