A NSW childcare director who bought a pool, expensive car and house with $3.6 million worth of fraudulently obtained federal government payments has been sentenced to at least four years in jail.
Melissa Jade Higgins fraudulently charged families a “ridiculous” $180 an hour, or around $9000 a week, per child for 14 at-risk children because she knew the government would pay under the Special Child Care Benefit.