DA: Great Neck Man Gets Community Service After Guilty Plea for Welfare Fraud

A Great Neck man was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty to fourth-degree welfare fraud in September, authorities said.

Omid Chaman, 39, the owner of Chaman Antique Rug Gallery, which has two Manhattan locations, had falsely reported his income to the Nassau County Department of Social Services from April 1, 2009 to July 31, 2012, the Nassau County District Attorney’s office said.

Chaman also had not reported rental income from a property he owned. During this period, Chaman and his family received $22,732 in Medicaid benefits to which they were not entitled, the DA said.

Chaman was sentenced to a conditional discharge, 70 hours of community service, and upfront restitution of $22,732, the DA said.

Chaman was arrested in March by DA investigators after a joint investigation by the DA’s Public Assistance Fraud Unit and DSS’s Department of Investigations.

Chaman is represented by Matin Emouna, a Mineola-based attorney.

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