article_snippet: A 27-year-old childcare director has been arrested after A 27-year-old childcare director allegedly falsely claimed more than $3 million worth of child care subsidies meant to fund care for children who are abused, neglected or disadvantaged.
article_snippet: A 27-year-old childcare director has been arrested after A 27-year-old childcare director allegedly falsely claimed more than $3 million worth of child care subsidies. 
article_snippet: The 27-year-old was arrested on Monday and charged with three counts of Obtaining a Financial Benefit By Deception.
article_snippet: Police will allege Melissa Higgins started fraudulently claiming Special Child Care Subsidies (SCCB), worth more than $3 million, in December 2013.
article_snippet: SCCB is a payment that subsidises up to the full cost of child care for a child who is at risk of serious abuse or neglect, or where the child's family is experiencing temporary financial hardship.
highlights_snippet: Childcare director allegedly falsely claimed more than $3m in subsidies .
  