A Kidderminster woman has been sentenced to a 12-month Community Punishment Order and 100 hours of unpaid work after she falsely claimed more than £10,000 in benefits.
37-year-old Julie Smith pleaded guilty to four charges of dishonestly failing to tell Wyre Forest District Council and the Department for Work and Pensions about a change in her circumstances.
Smith had dishonestly failed to declare her partner had been living with her while she claimed benefit as a single parent and that they had got married.
As a result, between December 24, 2007 and the November 30, 2008, Smith was paid £4,092 in housing benefit and council tax benefit and £5,917 in income support to which she was not entitled.
The overpayment will also have to be re-paid to the council and the Department for Work and Pensions.
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