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Daycare Benefits Fraud: Woman Earned Up to $319,000

10/3/2025

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Shamika Brown was charged with grand larceny and welfare fraud for falsifying income to obtain daycare benefits.
In 2019, she claimed $25,000 income from Hair Studio on Nassau County Department of Social Services application.
An audit found Brown earned between $128,000 and $319,000.
Brown pleaded not guilty, was released on her own recognizance, and is scheduled to return October 9.

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Story summary

Shamika Brown was charged with grand larceny and welfare fraud for falsifying income to obtain daycare benefits.
In 2019, she claimed $25,000 income from Hair Studio on Nassau County Department of Social Services application.
An audit found Brown earned between $128,000 and $319,000.
Brown pleaded not guilty, was released on her own recognizance, and is scheduled to return October 9.