The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that charges have been laid against 12 individuals in San Diego County alleged to have operated “bogus” day cares.
Prosecutors say those charged fraudulently collected more than $10 million in federal funds meant for child care for low-income families.
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“These fraudsters may have criminally gamed the system before. But today, the game is over,” U.S. Attorney Adam Gordon for the Southern District of California said in a DOJ news release.
According to the DOJ, although the 12 cases were unrelated, the alleged fraud “was essentially the same,” the release says…