DOJ Charges 12 in California Over $10 Million “Ghost Daycare” Fraud
【天网美西时间2026年9月15日讯】（天网义工编辑）
64tianwang, Pacific Time, September 15, 2026 (volunteer editors)
美西时间9月15日，美国司法部宣布：圣地亚哥一带12人被控办假家庭日托，把本该给低收入家庭的托儿补助骗走超过1000万美元。行动代号 Cradle to Grift。上周四清晨，250多名联邦、州、地方人员抓人，并搜查12处登记成日托的住宅。
On September 15, the Justice Department announced charges against 12 people in the San Diego area for running fake home daycares and billing taxpayers more than $10 million meant for low-income childcare. The operation was called Cradle to Grift. Last Thursday morning more than 250 federal, state and local officers made the arrests and searched 12 homes listed as daycares.
（配图一：圣地亚哥记者会现场地图，标出12处搜查点。）
(Photo 1: The San Diego briefing map showing 12 search locations.)
12人原籍索马里、叙利亚、阿富汗、苏丹、伊拉克。官方口径：11人已入籍，1人持绿卡并在申请入籍；其中9人当初以难民或庇护身份入境。司法部称他们先拿到加州家庭托儿执照，再向托儿补助机构登记，用虚假出勤记录领钱。助理司法部长麦克唐纳（Colin McDonald）说：没有孩子，也没有真正的日托，全是假的，纳税人在付账。圣地亚哥联邦检察官戈登（Adam Gordon）说：家庭日托欺诈的好日子过完了。
The 12 are originally from Somalia, Syria, Afghanistan, Sudan and Iraq. Officials said 11 are naturalized citizens and one is a lawful permanent resident applying for citizenship; nine entered as refugees or asylum seekers. Prosecutors say they obtained California home-care licenses, enrolled with subsidy agencies, and billed on false attendance. Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald said there were no children and no real daycares — taxpayers paid for all of it. U.S. Attorney Adam Gordon said today is a bad day for home-daycare fraud.
（配图二：戈登在圣地亚哥记者会上讲话。）
(Photo 2: U.S. Attorney Adam Gordon at the San Diego briefing.)
公开材料举例：有人开出超过100万美元账单；有人离开美国期间仍在领托儿款；有人监控里几乎看不到孩子进门，只有州检查员来的那天有孩子出现。12人皆被控电汇欺诈，部分人另加洗钱，最高可判20年、罚款50万美元，并须向纳税人退赔。
Public filings cite bills over $1 million; billing while outside the country; and surveillance that showed children at a site mainly on an inspection day. All 12 face wire fraud; some also face money laundering. Maximum penalties include 20 years and a $500,000 fine, plus restitution.
评论员索托当天转发记者会，并主张加州州长纽森应被追究。司法部起诉书没有这项指控。天网分开写：抓的是办假日托的12人；州长是否知情，要另有证据。
Commentator Nick Sortor circulated the briefing and said Governor Newsom should face charges. That is not in the Justice Department indictment. 64tianwang keeps the line: the 12 are charged for the ghost daycares; whether a governor knew requires separate proof.
六四天网认为：
64tianwang comment:
这1000万不是会计差错，是福利入口松了以后的必然结果。庇护、难民、入籍走完手续，不等于可以把美国工人的税当成提款机。假日托开在加州，说明州里核执照、核出勤的人没有守住底线。川普总统的司法部把案子送上法庭，是在替纳税人收回被偷走的孩子钱。福利不是入境门票，托儿补助不是空壳公司的工资单。能辨真孩子和假执照，才谈得上还是一个对得起纳税人的政府。
Ten million dollars is not a bookkeeping slip. It is what follows when the welfare door is left open. Asylum, refugee status and a naturalization oath are not a license to treat American workers’ taxes as a cash machine. Ghost daycares in California mean the people who license homes and check attendance did not hold the line. President Trump’s Justice Department put the case in court to take back money stolen from children. Welfare is not a ticket at the border. Childcare aid is not a payroll for a shell. Only if real children are kept apart from fake licenses does a government still answer to the taxpayer.
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（六四天网 综合美国司法部2026年9月15日公告及圣地亚哥联邦检察官记者会）
(64tianwang, based on the Justice Department announcement of September 15, 2026, and the San Diego U.S. Attorney briefing)
