Jul 16, 2021 / 10:11 PM CDT
MEMPHIS, Tenn. A former daycare director is headed to prison after federal prosecutors say he committed fraud by pocketing taxpayer money intended to feed kids at his facility.
Pastor Ollie Stephenson ran Louise’s Learning Tree Daycare Center on Chelsea Avenue. From 2016 to 2020, investigators say he fraudulently received more than $375,000 from a federal and state program designed to feed low income children.
Prosecutors say Stephenson submitted reimbursement invoices for food he never bought and lied about how many children he was actually feeding. For example, one month he reported providing meals for up to 125 kids, but program monitors observed no more than ten children at the daycare.
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