A Dewsbury woman has admitted to more than £4,000 of benefit fraud.
Susan Roberts, of Mountain Road, was paid pension credit over a three-year period.
However the 66-year-old failed to tell the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) when she started work as a cleaner for Dewsbury Minster.
She pleaded guilty to dishonestly failing to notify a change of circumstances affecting her entitlement to a benefit.
Kirklees Magistrates’ Court heard that in September 2011 Roberts started claiming for pension credit on the basis that she had no income or savings.
In October 2014 the DWP received information that she was in paid employment.
Roberts, who had no previous convictions, was overpaid £4,275 as a result of the fraud.
Peter Hampson, mitigating, said his client was entitled to some benefits but at a lower figure than she actually received.
He added that Roberts only received £36 a week for her cleaning job, but she admitted that she was wrong and had buried her head in the sand.
The money is now being repaid to the DWP, the court heard.
District Judge Michael Fanning ordered Roberts to complete 60 hours of unpaid work.
She must also pay £85 costs and £60 victim surcharge.
