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Two men charged in $120M adult day care fraud scheme in Queens
Two men face conspiracy charges for submitting $120 million in false Medicare and Medicaid claims using kickbacks to enroll seniors in unnecessary services, DOJ said.
- Inwoo Kim, aka Tony Kim and Long Jin, 42, and Daniel Lee, aka Daniel Yang, 56, of Flushing, face charges in a $120 million Medicare and Medicaid fraud scheme, after a complaint unsealed in Brooklyn on Friday.
- Using adult day care fronts and Kim's pharmacy, prosecutors say the defendants submitted claims exceeding capacity and withdrew significant cash starting in 2016, according to court documents.
- Court documents show billed dates conflicting with recipient hospital records, while text messages and emails indicate coordinated payments and flagged potential fraudulent activities at the Flushing day care centers.
- DOJ officials said `Today’s complaint targets those who prey upon the vulnerable so they can steal from American taxpayers and defraud government programs meant to help the public.` They allege the defendants face up to 10 years in prison if convicted.
- Tips from New Yorkers led investigators to the probe, with Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva, DOJ Criminal Division, emphasizing the defendants’ alleged fraud of $120 million involving a pharmacy and adult day care centers, while independent pharmacies warn such scams harm patients and small-business owners.
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A Justice Department complaint issued Monday alleged program director Inwoo Kim, 42, and owner Daniel Lee, 56, of Royal Adult Day Care and Happy Life Adult Day Care conspired to defraud federal healthcare programs of $120 million in a scheme that involved bribing patients to enroll in their social adult day cares (SADC) and filling "unneeded" prescriptions written by consenting local doctors at a pharmacy owned by one of the alleged fraudsters, …
DOJ Charges New York Adult Day Care Owners Over Alleged $120 Million Fraud Scheme
The Justice Department has charged two owners of an adult day care center in New York for allegedly defrauding Medicare and Medicaid to the tune of $120 million. The department’s criminal complaint, announced on Feb. 9, alleges that Inwoo Kim and Daniel Lee bribed Medicare and Medicaid recipients to submit false claims to the programs for services at their day care center, as well as an unnamed pharmacy, so they could bill the government and col…
Two Queens men charged in $120 million adult day care and pharmacy scheme
A pair of scammers from Queens is facing federal charges for allegedly defrauding public health programs of a combined $120 million, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) reported on Monday. Inwoo Kim, also known as “Tony Kim” and “Long Jin,” 42, and Daniel Lee, also known as "Daniel Yang," 56, both of Flushing, are alleged to have run an adult day care and pharmacy empire starting in 2016 based on scamming taxpayer-funded Medicaid and Medicare, …
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