Brooklyn Adult Daycare Owner Sentenced to 76 Months in $64M Medicaid Fraud Scheme

September 11, 2026 (DOJ OPA sentencing release; hearing Sept. 10, 2026 per release + secondary court coverage)

Facts of judgment and scheme as stated in the DOJ Office of Public Affairs sentencing release (and plea sequence from the Aug. 2025 OPA plea PR where noted):

Sources

• Primary (DOJ OPA, Friday, September 11, 2026): Brooklyn Adult Daycare Owner Sentenced to Prison for Leadership Role in $64M Medicaid Fraud Scheme
• Prior plea PR (same defendant / same centers; Aug. 6, 2025): Leader of $68M Adult Day Care Fraud Scheme Pleads Guilty — useful for plea counts, forfeiture agreement at plea, and the earlier $68M billing/steal framing; not the sentencing dollar stack.
• USAO EDNY: No separate live USAO-EDNY sentencing release located this pass. EDNY U.S. Attorney Joseph Nocella Jr. is quoted inside the DOJ OPA sentencing PR; NY Post attributes sentencing color to the Brooklyn U.S. Attorney’s Office / EDNY photo credits.
• Secondary press (court color / judge name; not primary judgment text):
• NY Post, Sept. 10, 2026 — Judge Natasha Merle; undercover kickback video; “six years” headline vs 76 months in body.
• Home Health Care News, Sept. 2026 — trade rewrite of DOJ facts.
• American Bazaar Online, Sept. 10, 2026 — names Judge Natasha C. Merle; 76 months / restitution / forfeiture.
• Townhall (Scott McClallen), Sept. 12, 2026 — near-verbatim DOJ OPA rewrite.
• Earlier indictment-era coverage (context only; $68M charging frame): Home Health Care News, Oct. 2024; Vitale Health Law summary.