Child care providers also submitted false child care attendance forms, which claimed the children of UMI Learning Center’s workers or students were being cared for, according to prosecutors.

Jakes Rios, Co-Owner of the Little Leaps Learning Academy, said child care centers have not received a lot of guidance from federal and state leaders.

The child care industry last month asked Congress to include $50 billion in relief for its member businesses in the CARES Act, citing a drastic drop in attendance at facilities.