The former director of Faith Educare childcare centres, a 53-year-old Singaporean woman, and two of her female Singaporean employees, aged 42 and 53 respectively, will be charged in court on 17 March 2021 for engaging in a conspiracy to cheat the Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA) which administers the Child Care Subsidies Scheme. This scheme helps to defray preschool expenses for Singaporean children through the payment of subsidies to ECDA-licensed childcare centres in Singapore.
The three women are alleged to have conspired to deceive ECDA into disbursing subsidies for eight children who either had not started on their enrolment during the months for which subsidies were claimed, or did not attend Faith Educare centres at all. The women allegedly submitted 16 subsidy claims to ECDA, which falsely confirmed these children’s attendance between January and August 2016, resulting in wrongful payouts amounting to $4,800.
If convicted, the three women face an imprisonment term of up to 10 years, or a fine, or both.
The Police take a serious view against any person involved in dishonest or fraudulent conduct pertaining to applications for Government grants. Offenders will be dealt with severely in accordance with the law.
SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
16 March 2021 @ 10:17 PM