A woman with a second home in a top tourist location fiddled nearly £60,000 in benefits.
Sharon Berkley admitted fraudulently claiming Employment Support Allowance and Universal Credit over an eight year period benefitting £57,490 in taxpayers' money.
She lived in her house in Southampton but failed to tell the Department of Work and Pensions that she had a second house in Porthtowan, Cornwall, which she rented out for £600 a month.
A judge said 56-year-old Berkley, now living in Redruth, Cornwall, deliberately failed to tell the authorities about her second seaside property.
He said wealthy people who own second holiday homes in Cornwall cause angst among locals.