Queens edition · Wednesday 11 November 2026

Fraudsters Paradise

Page one · The official record, in type loud enough to read from across the room

Guilty plea · 9 November 2026 · Sentencing is still ahead · A plea is not a sentence

The accused · Flushing · He pleaded

Daniel Lee

Guilty plea · $127 million · Happy Life · Royal Adult Day Care

10 seconds · Not the plea

New York Post, 11 July 2026. Shirley and Oz in Flushing. Full film · The record

The bills

Billed while they were in the hospital

Prosecutors say some social adult day care claims were submitted when the Medicaid recipients could not have been there. They were hospitalized.

The search

More than $100,000 in cash. Inside Happy Life.

Law enforcement recovered it on a search warrant at the day care. About $900,000 more was seized from bank accounts.

The plea

Daniel Lee pleaded guilty. No sentence yet.

Daniel Lee admitted two conspiracies: health care fraud, and money laundering. A judge sets the sentence on 2 March 2027. Thirty years is the maximum.

  1. 11 July 2026Shirley and Oz on camera in Flushing. A statement, not the plea.
  2. 9 November 2026Daniel Lee pleads guilty. Health care fraud and money laundering.
  3. 10 November 2026Justice Department announces it. Press release 26-1341. The release
  4. 2 March 2027Sentencing date. No sentence yet. Maximum 30 years.

“Yesterday’s guilty plea marks the end of the defendant’s long running and staggering fraud against the Medicare and Medicaid programs.”

Joseph Nocella Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 10 November 2026.
Nick Shirley speaking at a 2026 summit
Nick Shirley, 2026 summit, Maryland. Interviewer, not the defendant. Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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