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Posted: 01:44 GMT, Jan.. November 2020 | Updated: 02:55 GMT, Jan.. November 2020
A glamorous businesswoman was charged after allegedly defrauding up to $ 15 million in a daycare fraud program that used « phantom children » to convict taxpayers.
Ola Ouda, 42, was rounded up by the Australian Federal Police in Melbourne along with her partner Amjad Shehada, 47, and three other co-defendants after a year-long investigation.
Police claim the jet setting owner of Prime Family Day Care, who regularly posts photos on her Instagram showing her lavish lifestyle, is part of a criminal syndicate that offers childcare subsidies and the COVID-19 stimulus package cheats.
She can be seen on her social media accounts living on luxurious overseas vacations posing next to sports cars.
Ola Ouda, 42, (pictured) was rounded up by the Australian Federal Police in Melbourne along with her Amjad Shehada, 47, and three other co-defendants after a year-long investigation
AFP officers moved into Ms. Ouda’s on Wednesday and stormed through the door of her Doncaster East home.
Simultaneous search warrants were also carried out on 10 other premises in eight suburbs in Victoria and New South Wales.
More than 150 AFP members and 110 government officials – from Services Australia, the Department of Education, Skills and Employment, and the Victorian Department of Education and Training – were part of the 11 month stab operation.
After the dramatic robberies, investigators spoke to more than 70 educators and parents at the Melbourne daycare center who are considered to be of interest in connection with the alleged fraud network.
Police said Ms. Ouda’s business received more federal government payments than any other childcare worker in Australia for making claims for children who did not actually attend the service.
Investigators also claim the wealthy couple charged the JobKeeper program with $ 2. 4 million fake payments made by a restaurant they run.
Police claim the glamorous businesswoman (pictured) defrauded up to $ 15 million from taxpayers in a daycare fraud program
« We claim the two main suspects on the fraud network funded great and luxurious lifestyles with funds defrauded by Australian taxpayers, » said Todd Hunter, AFP Southern Command Commander of Investigations.
‘Money that belongs in the hands of our community to feed some of our most vulnerable people has instead been used to pay the bill for an extensive real estate portfolio that is being spent on real estate both here in Melbourne and overseas will, along with a number of luxurious vacations. ‘
Ms. Ouda founded Prime Family Day Care back in 2013 after having worked in the industry for more than 15 years.
Police also claim the wealthy couple turned down the JobKeeper program with $ 2. 4 million fake payments through a restaurant they run (Ms. Ouda pictured)
The jet setting owner of Prime Family Day Care regularly posts photos on her Instagram showing off her lavish lifestyle by living it on luxurious overseas vacations
Ms. Ouda and her partner, along with a 47-year-old man as well as a 39-year-old office clerk and another, were charged with a litany of fraud, including conspiracy, to cause loss to the Commonwealth.
The AFP said, « It could take many months to find out exactly how much was allegedly stolen, » and they expect more charges to follow.
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