A 36-year-old woman who falsely claimed housing and council tax benefit was caught after an anonymous tip-off.
Naomi Madden, from Datchet, was sentenced to four weeks in jail suspended for 18 months and 200 hours of community service for falsely claiming more than £19,000.
She pleaded guilty to six counts of making a false statement.
She was also ordered to pay £1,000 costs and a repayment plan will be arranged with the Royal Borough.
The case arose as a result of an anonymous call to the Royal Borough’s Beat the Cheat hotline suggesting Ms Madden was living with a partner while claiming housing and council tax benefit as a lone parent.
Between March 10, 2003 and October 3, 2009, Ms Madden received overpayments of £16,491.01 in housing benefit and £2,597.34 in council tax benefit, a total of £19,088.35.
Cllr Richard Kellaway, lead member for finance, said: “This was a high sum accumulated over a number of years. But thanks to the information supplied by a member of the public and our Beat the Cheat hotline, justice has been served".
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