A 'disabled' woman has been ordered to pay back £650,000 she made from running a brothel and scamming the DWP.
Natalie Davis, 52, has been ordered to pay back the huge sum as part of a confiscation order under the Proceeds of Crime Act.
Davis was previously sentenced after admitting controlling prostitution for financial gain over a 10-year period in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset.
She was also prosecuted by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) for benefit fraud she committed while managing the brothel.
Davis had claimed thousands of pounds in benefits, saying she was wheelchair-bound seven days a week.
In reality she was holidaying abroad, hot air ballooning, riding elephants, flying down zip lines and climbing mountains - as well as running the brothel.
Police and the DWP have since worked together to arrange a confiscation order against Davis.
She was found to have assets to the value of £650,000 and therefore ordered to pay the full amount to the court.
From this money the amount which she had defrauded the DWP will be paid back to them in compensation.
Dr Kirstie Cogram, manager of Avon and Somerset Police's Complex Crime Unit, said: "We are committed to seizing any assets gained as a result of criminal activity."
"It is not acceptable that criminals, such as Natalie Davis, benefit from illegal activities and we will relentlessly pursue them through the courts to ensure their proceeds are taken away from them
"We hope cases such as this show criminals that they will not be allowed to benefit from crime."
