Nick Shirley Honors Veterans in Normandy

Last night, Nick Shirley shared an important correction about the two videos he posted from Seattle on October 9 and October 12. In those videos, Nick claimed a woman at Lam's Seafood used a food stamp card to buy one can of Spam and one order of sushi for $120. This was incorrect. Lam's later explained that the woman was actually trying to buy a full case of Spam, which is why the register showed $120. Nick's full correction is available to watch below.

Nick finished his correction by saying, "Lam's did not engage or collude in any EBT fraud in that video." He explained that Lam's denied any EBT fraud, and he found no evidence that the store was involved or worked with the woman in his video. Nick also said, "It was never my intention to make incorrect claims." Both Seattle videos have now been removed.

Anti Fraud Club repeated Nick's original story in our October 8 and October 15 editions, along with other claims about Lam's. Those claims were incorrect, and we are retracting every statement in those editions that said Lam's or its staff were involved in fraud or trafficking. Both editions have been taken down from our website.

"Many journalists don't do it, but I'm doing it," Nick said in the video. He also said he holds himself to "a very high standard" and is willing to correct himself when necessary.

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In the days before Veterans Day, Nick Shirley was in Normandy, France, working on a new video project. On Wednesday, he posted a thank you to everyone who has served and shared two photos from his trip. Nick described following in the footsteps of World War II patriots as "a humbling and emotional experience."

Normandy is far from the Minneapolis daycares where Nick first became known. He hasn’t shared details about the project or its release date yet, but he did explain why he went: "In order to respect the present, we must honor and study the past."

Nick didn’t mention the specific sites in his post, but the Normandy American Cemetery overlooks Omaha Beach and is the resting place for 9,389 American service members, most of whom died during the D-Day landings and the battles that followed, according to the American Battle Monuments Commission. The Walls of the Missing list another 1,557 names. Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. is buried there next to his younger brother Quentin, a World War I pilot who was moved to rest beside him. The most recent burial was in June 2024, when Army 1st Lt. Nathan Baskind was laid to rest 80 years after he died in the Battle of Cherbourg.

Veterans are often targeted by the same types of fraud that Nick investigates. In October, Robert Wayne Boling Jr., an American working from the Philippines, pleaded guilty to using stolen personal information from thousands of service members and veterans to access their bank accounts and steal their benefits, according to the Justice Department.

A Flushing adult day care director pleaded guilty on Monday to defrauding Medicare and Medicaid of about $127 million, according to the Justice Department. Daniel Lee, 57, was the program director at Happy Life Inc. and Royal Adult Day Care Center, both located in the same Queens neighborhood where Nick Shirley walked with CMS Administrator Dr. Oz in July. You can watch Nick's full investigation below.

In the video, Nick explained how recruiters paid seniors cash to sign up, centers billed Medicaid for empty seats, and the same names were used at pharmacies for unnecessary prescriptions. The Justice Department said Happy Life and Royal spent about ten years paying seniors to enroll and billing for services that never happened. Lee and others also paid kickbacks at a related pharmacy that billed for drugs people did not need.

Lee pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. He could face up to 30 years in prison when he is sentenced on March 2, 2027. Agents found more than $100,000 in cash at Happy Life and seized about $900,000 from bank accounts. Prosecutors estimated the scheme at about $120 million when they first charged Lee in February, a case that our July coverage of Nick's investigation highlighted.

Federal pressure on New York's adult day cares has increased since Nick's video. On October 20, the FBI, NYPD, and other agencies searched adult day cares across the city. CMS officials made more than 80 visits, and Dr. Oz delivered warning letters in person to two Flushing centers, according to Fox News. The next day, CMS told New York to send a corrective action plan within 30 days. Oz said the program, "as it stands right now, is a plague on the state," CBS New York reported.