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You are subscribed to Financial Fraud news updates. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. Former Director of a Brooklyn Daycare Indicted for Stealing More Than $2.75 Million in Tuition Payments 03/25/2026 08:00 AM EDT  Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, an indictment was unsealed charging Murielle Misczak with wire fraud and money laundering in connection with her employment at a Brooklyn daycare (the Daycare). Misczak was the director of the Daycare, which provided childcare and preschool to children. Over the course of approximately four years, Misczak embezzled more than $2.75 million by directing parents to send tuition payments to unapproved accounts she controlled and transferring the funds to her personal bank accounts. Misczak was arrested today and will be arraigned this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge Peggy Kuo. Richmond postal employee sentenced to four years in prison for $1.5M stolen check fraud scheme 03/25/2026 08:00 AM EDT Joshua Lee, 28, a mail processing clerk at the USPS Richmond Processing and Distribution Center, was sentenced to four years in prison for a bank fraud conspiracy in which he stole checks and gift cards from the mail.

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