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185 • Provider has no policy regarding payment practices • Provider is not following their established payment practices • Provider is reported as making the payment on behalf of a parent using the parent’s EBT card information • Compromised MyWIChildCare EBT card or information • Report of a possible compromised EBT card or card/parent’s EBT card information observed in provider’s possession • Suspicious expulsions and disenrollment of children • Temporary and permanent closures of a provider location or locations • Frequent closures for provider “vacations” • Frequent unexpected or unannounced closures • Provider receiving payment for closure(s) more frequently than outlined in Section 14.9 • Provider calls to determine the amount of funds on a parent’s EBT card • Provider calls to request assistance in resetting an EBT card PIN that is not their own • Providing kickbacks to parents • Reports of a provider offering a discounted price to children of employees, but the provider denies offering discounts • Reports of provider offering discounts to all employees except for employees receiving subsidy • Charging subsidy families more than private pay families • Report of parent and provider colluding to commit fraud (including kickbacks) • Suspect the YoungStar rating is not accurate • Suspect misuse of Child Care Counts funds • Suspicious “Volunteer” parents: o Parents observed at location but not picking up or dropping off a child o Volunteer parents being listed as present at the facility when they are not o Volunteer parents who have reported wages from the provider