Failed to declare employment
A County Tyrone woman was convicted at Dungannon Magistrates Court of claiming benefits she was not entitled to.
Thirty-six-year-old Vera Modesto from Westland Road, Cookstown claimed Jobseeker’s Allowance, Income Support and Housing Benefit totalling £8,258 while failing to declare employment.
The judge also gave the defendant a two-month prison sentence suspended for two years.
Modesto was also ordered by the court to pay any outstanding money wrongfully obtained to the Department.