A social work report has been ordered for a woman who defrauded the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) of almost £11,000.
Susan Tolland, of Sandveien, Lerwick, admitted claiming the sum from 14 April 2010 without declaring a work pension from Tesco, amounting to a total claim of £10,802.
According to procurator fiscal Duncan Mackenzie at Lerwick Sheriff Court yesterday, 48 year old Tolland had been fully co-operative with the investigation, making it much simpler.
She had paid back her savings of £2,000 as a lump sum and was continuing to pay £137 per month to the DWP, though had offered to pay more.
Sheriff Ian Cruickshank asked for a psychological report from the community mental health team before sentencing Tolland and said that the effect of losing her life savings had been “significant”.
Lerwick woman defrauds pensions scheme of almost £11,000
