Dodgy daycare centres busted in fraud crackdown

More than 50 family day care centres have been busted for fraud, over-charging and providing false documents.

The Child Care Enforcement Action Register has been updated to include 53 providers around the country who have had their access to government subsidies cancelled or suspend.

The providers got caught fraudulently obtaining payments when they weren't entitled and making false documents.

Twenty-seven of the providers were in Victoria, with the people involved in the scheme denying any wrongdoing.

The data from the corporate regulator also revealed 25 of the 27 centres sanctioned in Victoria were being run by directors born in Africa, majority from Somalia.

"Those dodgy family day care providers who circumvent the rules no longer have anywhere to hide," Federal Education Minister Simon Birmingham said today.

"We've introduced new integrity measures and ramped up compliance checks to over 3800 per year.

"It's clear our action is weeding out those looking to take advantage of families and rip off taxpayers."

The government has said the crackdown, which involves an online register, has saved $1.8 billion since 2014.