A Staten Island mother and daughter face charges in a Medicaid fraud case involving more than $530,000 in payments prosecutors say their adult day care center received for services never provided.
Yangsim Oum, 79, owned SI Day Care Center Inc., while her daughter, Juyoung Choe, 49, served as program director. The business operated on Forest Avenue in Staten Island’s Mariners Harbor neighborhood.
Richmond County District Attorney Michael E. McMahon announced the arrests on October 21, 2026, calling the investigation “Operation Golden Grift.” Both women were taken into custody the previous day and have denied wrongdoing.
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