New York man pleads guilty in $127 million Medicare and Medicaid fraud scheme that ran for a decade

Daniel Lee, 57, of Flushing, admitted running fake adult day care operations that billed Medicare and Medicaid for services never provided. The scheme also involved kickbacks to recruit patients and fraudulent pharmacy claims. Prosecutors say it went on for roughly a decade, costing taxpayers $127 million. Lee faces up to 30 years in prison.

So you’re saying someone stole 127 million.

Only 1 million recovered

Daniel will probably get 15-20 year sentence. Walk in 12.

Then dig up or recover the remaining 126 million when he get out and be free?

Not a great plan but maybe 20 years getting butt slammed to keep…

— Paul Reardon (@PaulJReardon013) November 11, 2026

Both sides are doing it.
If anyone involved doesn’t have their whole families money taken away and locked up
You are not doing anything.

— davoss (@order477) November 10, 2026

Ten years and $127 million. How does nobody catch this sooner? The government managed to pay out the money for years, then came in to prosecute after the damage was done. This is exactly the kind of fraud that makes people question whether Washington can be trusted to manage programs involving hundreds of billions in taxpayer money.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/social-adult-day-care-program-director-pleads-guilty-127m-medicare-and-medicaid-fraud-scheme

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-individuals-plead-guilty-68m-adult-day-care-fraud-scheme

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-queens-men-charged-120m-adult-day-care-and-pharmacy-fraud-medicare-and-medicaid