{"id":2345564,"date":"2026-03-25T21:53:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T21:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2345564"},"modified":"2026-03-25T21:53:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T21:53:43","slug":"nyc-preschool-boss-embezzled-nearly-3m-to-buy-wwe-tickets-live-like-a-celebrity-feds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/nyc-preschool-boss-embezzled-nearly-3m-to-buy-wwe-tickets-live-like-a-celebrity-feds\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC preschool boss embezzled nearly $3M to buy WWE tickets, live like a celebrity: feds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Put her in the ring with parents!<\/p>\n<p>The head of a German immersion preschool in brownstone Brooklyn was arrested Wednesday for\u00a0 embezzling nearly $3 million in tuition \u2014\u00a0and blowing thousands on tickets to pro wrestling matches and luxury travel, according to a new federal indictment.<\/p>\n<p>Murielle Misczak, the director of Kinderhaus Brooklyn on Sixth Avenue and Ninth Street in Park Slope,\u00a0 pulled a stone cold stunner when she allegedly spent at least $350,000 in swiped cash on tickets to exclusive <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/tag\/wwe\/\">WWE matches<\/a>, some of which she bragged about on Instagram, according to a federal indictment\u00a0released Wednesday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"38890617\"><br \/>\n\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<figcaption>Murielle Misczak, the director of Kinderhaus Brooklyn on Sixth Avenue and Ninth Street in Park Slope,\u00a0allegedly spent at least $350,000 of the\u00a0swiped cash on tickets to exclusive WWE matches. <span class=\"credit\">CityKinder<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Misczak, a Swiss citizen, is accused of funneling a total of $2.75 million in tuition fees to her own bank account \u201cfor her own personal use and benefit\u201d between January 2022 and October 2025, the indictment states.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[She] took frequent trips and vacations across the country \u2013 often every other weekend \u2013 enjoying plush resorts, VIP access to WWE events, and first class amenities, much of which she documented on her public Instagram and other social media accounts,\u201d according to a lawsuit filed against her by the school in December.<\/p>\n<p>Her WWE splurges included VIP meet-and-greet passes to at least one wrestling event, where she and her three kids were able to hang star wrestlers, according to a law enforcement source.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Misczak allegedly blew $650,000 on travel and entertainment, $150,000 on food delivery services,\u00a0 and hundreds of thousands of dollars on high-end luxury goods, the federal authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>She covered up the theft by \u201cmanipulating\u201d the school\u2019s internal accounting system to falsely show that the payments had been deposited into the school\u2019s bank account \u2014\u00a0 then deleted emails that would have revealed the scheme, according to the indictment.<\/p>\n<p>Misczak, who earned a paltry $40,000 annually from the school, was living far beyond her means as she paid for two apartments in Park Slope that cost her a total of\u00a0 $36,000 per-year, according to\u00a0the lawsuit, filed in Brooklyn civil court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen [the school] inquired about her lavish lifestyle, [she] falsely claimed that she was the beneficiary of substantial funds from her mother in Basel, Switzerland. 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It is unclear why she is so enthusiastic about professional wrestling.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s charged with wire fraud, money laundering and \u201cEngaging in Monetary Transactions in Criminally Derived Property.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy client looks forward to a fair resolution of this matter in court,\u201d\u00a0Misczak\u2019s lawyer,\u00a0Lowell Sidney, told The Post Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Put her in the ring with parents! The head of a German immersion preschool in brownstone Brooklyn was arrested Wednesday for\u00a0 embezzling nearly $3 million in tuition \u2014\u00a0and blowing thousands on tickets to pro wrestling matches and luxury travel, according to a new federal indictment. 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