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Federal authorities allege more than $10M in childcare payment fraud in California
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from local10 · united states of america · North America
NEW YORK (AP) — 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.
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