$15m stimulus fraud linked to day care
More than $15 million in COVID-19 stimulus payments has been defrauded from taxpayers by the operators of a day care centre, police say.
Raids across Melbourne and Sydney have led to multiple arrests, including a 42-year-old woman identified as the company owner.
"Five members of the alleged network, accused of conspiring with family day care providers, were arrested," federal police said on Saturday.
Among those arrested were women aged 28 and 31, both named as day care centre "educators".