Telford woman admits £13,000 benefit fraud
A 51 year old Telford woman has admitted a charge of dishonestly failing to declare changes in her circumstances in order to obtain increased Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit when she appeared in court today.
Christine Sykes, of Ivor Thomas Road, St Georges, dishonestly claimed amounts totalling £13,091.39 over a period of four years in a case brought by Telford & Wrekin Council.
Telford magistrates heard that the offences related to failing to report three different periods of employment. The offences took place between November 2007 and October 2011.
In addition to paying back the overpaid benefit, Mrs Sykes was sentenced to a 12 month Community Order with 120 hours unpaid work and was ordered to pay £675 costs.
