DCFS daycare manager charged with stealing millions meant for child care, blowing it at casino
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The investigation showed some of the locations that Pridgeon had claimed were providing day care for foster children were either vacant buildings or other businesses. In other instances, Pridgeon overcharged DCFS for child care from legitimate providers who were supposed to be paid at a lower rate, the complaint alleged.
The fraud was first detected in August 2022, when Pridgeon’s colleague reported to their supervisor that one of the day care providers that Pridgeon had approved was paid by DCFS for childcare that was never provided or at rates that were “substantially higher” than what the agency had authorized, according to the complaint.
On Aug. 16, 2022, Pridgeon’s supervisor called a meeting at the DCFS offices on South Indiana Avenue in Chicago. Pridgeon was ordered to bring the files related to Provider A, but instead “excused herself to go to the restroom,” then went to the file room and took the files and started wandering the building.Another DCFS employee told investigators they saw Pridgeon in the elevator holding the stack of files and that she said, “I up” according to the complaint.
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