A Batavia couple who admitted to welfare fraud were ordered by Judge Robert Noonan on Thursday to repay the government $14,017.14 they stole by filing false reports.
They are also disqualified from receiving food stamps.
Joshua Carney, 34, will serve four months of intermittent jail time in the Genesee County Jail, and then be on probation for three years. His wife, Holly Carney, 29, will serve three years probation.
In November, both Joshua and Holly entered guilty pleas to offering a false instrument for filing, 2nd.
Joshua had been charged with nine counts of offering a false instrument for filing and one count of grand larceny, 3rd.
Holly had been charged with 11 counts of offering a false instrument for filing and one count of grand larceny, 3rd.
They were accused of submitting forms to DSS that failed to report Joshua's commission income from his employer.
The confidential tip line for suspected welfare fraud is 344-2580, ext. 6417.
