🚨FRAUD INDICTMENT🚨
12 Middle Eastern foreigners have been indicted in a $10 million home daycare fraud scheme in San Diego.
The DOJ claims the defendants knowingly submitted false attendance records claiming they provided childcare on dates and at times when they did not.
They also falsely certified, under penalty of perjury, that the information was true and correct.
Defendants:
Khetam Haouash, 37, Syria — El Cajon, CA
Khatera Hashimi, 39, Afghanistan — El Cajon, CA
Fosiya Mohamoud, 50, Somalia — El Cajon, CA
Abdulrahman Alawad, 25, Syria — El Cajon, CA
Zetun Abdi, 43, Somalia — San Diego, CA
Ikramullah Mohmmand, 25, Afghanistan — El Cajon, CA
Mariam Khamis, 42, Sudan — San Diego, CA
Mohamad Alawad, 29, Syria — San Diego, CA
Mazin Alawad, 22, Syria — San Diego, CA
Turkiya Alawad, 63, Syria — San Diego, CA
Zaryab Daudzai, 25, Afghanistan — El Cajon, CA
Cezar Yaqoob, 36, Iraq — El Cajon, CA
The defendants are naturalized U.S. citizens and Lawful Permanent Residents originally from Syria, Somalia, Sudan, Afghanistan, and Iraq.
They've been charged with Wire Fraud – Title 18, U.S.C., Section 1343 and Money Laundering – Title 18, U.S.C., Section 1957.