Ezeh could face up to 20 years in prison for the fraud charge and another five years for tax evasion — a charge to which she also pleaded guilty on Wednesday.
It was 2018, when Nigerian owner of a day care center in Kansas City, Mo., pleaded guilty in federal court to submitting false information to the government as part of a fraud scheme to receive federal child care subsidies.
Hauwa Al-Hassan, 49, of Raymore, Mo., pleaded guilty before U.S. Chief District Judge Greg Kays to making false statements to the government.
Al-Hassan, a Nigerian immigrant, was the owner and CEO of Guidance Child Care Center, LLC, a child day care center in Kansas City, Mo. Al-Hassan was also the vice president of Guidance Academy of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.
By pleading guilty, Al-Hassan admitted that she engaged in a pattern of fraudulent billing in order to receive funding to which she was not entitled under the federal Child Care and Development Fund grant program. Al-Hassan filed claims that reported more hours and children than actually attended her daycare center.
