A mother of nine who claimed up to £73,000 of benefits to which she was not entitled to has been warned she faces being sent to jail.
Jusna Begum, aged 41, pleaded guilty at Northampton Crown Court to cheating the public revenue and evading her liability to pay council tax, between July 2000 and June 2007.
She was accused of fraudulently claiming £73,000 but yesterday admitted claiming £40,000 benefits when either she or her dependants had capital assets of more than £16,000.
Begum was released on conditional bail until next month.
Judge Ian Alexander QC said: "The amounts involved are such that it is almost inevitable she will have to serve a custodial sentence."
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