Unjust Enrichment

The owners of the Hammonton and Deptford Nursing home have been caught enriching themselves with millions of stolen Medicaid dollars.

After investigating the owners and following their trail of diverted and concealed Medicaid funds, the Office of State Comptroller filed a complaint against Hammonton and Deptford Nursing Home in Superior Court. The complaint explains how owners, Daryl Hagler and Kenneth Rozenberg, devised a complex scheme to funnel millions into their own pockets.

Meanwhile, the nursing home struggled to provide for its residents with little resources, understaffing, and dangerous conditions. The owners even hid thousands of 911 calls, two sexual assaults of residents, and the death of another. While abuse and neglect can be found in nearly any nursing home, the cover-up of so many experiences is still shocking.

The owners’ scheme was elaborate and took years to execute but essentially allowed them to hide their absurd profits by disguising them as real estate deals,
inflated rents and loans, and fees to “related entities—” entities either the owners, or the owners’ relatives owned. Ultimately, the OSC accused 33 defendants of profiting from the scheme (all of which were family or friends of Hagler and Rozenberg.)

The court has since ruled that the owners must pay back the stolen $124 million. Further, after discovering the gross waste, negligence, and abuse in the New Jersian nursing home, the OSC will suspend the facility’s access to Medicaid starting March 13, 2026. Of course, Hagler and Rozenberg are connected to 31 other nursing homes in New Jersey, New York, Kansas, and Missouri.