Mother who took money that was meant to go to carer for her daughter is ordered to do unpaid work
A woman who collected payments towards a carer for her daughter but failed to actually employ someone for almost five years has received a suspended jail term.
Stella Oglio, of Oldbury, was convicted of one count of fraud following a trial. At Wolverhampton Crown Court on Friday she was given a two-year jail sentence, suspended for 18 months.
The case relates to her failing to tell Sandwell Council that she had not employed a carer for her adult daughter as she was required to do under a Direct Payments Agreement. She received the Direct Payments sums to which she was not entitled between October 2013 and May 2018.
