The arrested was identified as Christina Noella Woodware, who was working as principal of the Pebhok International PreSchool in Madipakkam. According to a complaint from Gnanasambandam, owner of the facility, Christina was diverting calls to another preschool run by her friend, which resulted loss to the firm where she was working. 

The petitioner also claimed that his school’s principal swindled Rs 1.9 lakh apart from collecting fees from students, who are attending montessari teacher training course without providing a receipt. 

When he asked her to return the money she allegedly swindled, Christina refused to return the money, Gnanasambadam alleged in his petition. Based on his complaint the police had arrested Christina under various the IPC sections including cheating and criminal conspiracy.