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A former director of a day care in Brooklyn allegedly stole millions in tuition payments, which she used for WWE tickets and expensive vacations, the United States Attorney’s Office said on Wednesday.
Murielle Misczak, 43, was promoted to director of the German-language immersion day care KinderHaus in 2020 after previously serving as program coordinator beginning in 2013. Prosecutors said she began embezzling the money—to the amount of $2.75 million—from January 2022 to October 2025.
According to a statement from United States Attorney’s Office, Misczak spent over $350,000 of the stolen funds on tickets to professional wrestling events.
The New York Times reported that an anonymous source familiar with the case said Misczak treated her three children to outings at WWE events like Monday Night Raw and paid top dollar for deluxe packages to meet wrestlers.
Prosecutors said she also spent over $600,000 on travel and entertainment, along with hundreds of thousands of dollars on luxury items, food delivery, and ride-sharing services.
Misczak allegedly embezzled the money by telling parents to put tuition payments in accounts not associated with the school, and then she later transferred the funds to her personal accounts.
She was arrested by federal agents early Wednesday and pleaded not guilty in a Brooklyn court to wire fraud and money laundering charges. If convicted of the charges, Misczak faces up to 20 years in prison.
According to The New York Times, Misczak’s lawyer said he was “reviewing the government’s evidence.”
The New York Post reported Misczak was released on a $200,000 bond and ordered to wear an ankle monitor. Misczak, a Swiss citizen, was also reportedly ordered to surrender her passport.
Before her Wednesday arrest, Misczak was already hit by a lawsuit from KinderHaus in December. The suit, filed in State Supreme Court in Brooklyn, said Misczak received a $40,000 salary from the school while living in two apartments in Brooklyn that combined cost her $36,000 a year.
The New York Times wrote that a federal prosecutor said in court that Misczak, who was in the country on a work visa, had no legal status in the U.S. after she was fired from KinderHaus and could be evicted from the two apartments.
“As alleged, Misczak abused her position of authority and betrayed the trust of her employer and daycare families by stealing millions in tuition to fund her own extravagant personal lifestyle,” Joseph Nocella, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, said in a statment.
Nocella added: “Our Office will vigorously prosecute corrupt individuals like the defendant who seek to enrich themselves at the expense of services for children.”
