A Rutherglen benefits cheat who dishonestly claimed more than £28,000 and used the money to fund a string of luxury holidays has only repaid £50, a court was told last week.
Gillian Dunn, 27, a pregnant mother-of-two, used the cash to splash out on trips to Las Vegas and Turkey with her former partner.
Dunn claimed she was a single mother living alone between September 2014 and August 2017.
However, a probe revealed she was actually living with her lover, who earned almost £32,000 a year, in a home his mother had bought for them.
At Glasgow Sheriff Court shamed Dunn pleaded guilty to fraudulently claiming £28,195.89 in child and working tax credits.
She was snared after an anonymous tip-off to the Department of Work and Pensions and an investigation was undertaken.
Dunn admitted going on plush holidays with her partner during the period she was claiming tax credits.
Prosecutor Debbie Carroll said: “When she was interviewed facts emerged that she was maintaining a common household with her partner.
“These included admissions that she went on holiday with her partner to Turkey in 2014 and also went to Las Vegas.”
Dunn’s partner at the time was working with a construction company and earned more than £2600 a month.
The court heard they are no longer together and split up in August 2017.
Miss Carroll told the court that Dunn has only repaid £50 which she handed over in April.
Dunn is due to give birth to her third child in October.
Sheriff Johanna Johnston QC deferred sentence for reports until September.
She told Dunn: “You have basically taken money. This is a criminal offence and I will deal with this as a crime.
“I will be looking at all disposals which will include imprisonment.”
