SINGAPORE: A director of a preschool allegedly deceived the Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA) into disbursing more than S$14,000 (US$10,800) in childcare subsidies and falsified the enrolment and attendance information of several children.
Hoo Sian Chin, a 46-year-old Malaysian and Singapore permanent resident, was charged on Wednesday (Jun 24) with six counts of cheating and four counts in relation to the falsification of records.
Hoo was the director of Lighthouse Educare during the alleged offences committed between November 2017 and January 2020.
He is accused of deceiving ECDA into delivering childcare subsidies to Lighthouse Educare – ranging from S$300 to S$7,400 – for children purportedly enrolled at the school.
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