A certain UK based Lydia Frempong who boasts on her website about her ‘extensive’ experience in the life coach sector and as a well-established entrepreneur with a PR firm has found herself at the other side of the law—-guilty of fraud.

The life coach pretended she was unemployed even though she was hired by UK TV network-Channel 4 give confidence lessons to its employees so that she could swindle £5,000 in false benefits by claims.

Lydia who lives at Surrey is as appeared on DailyMail for claiming more than £4,500 in Jobseeker’s Allowance and more than £500 in Council Tax Benefit, “despite a raft of experience as an events organiser and ‘confidence coach’”.

The Camberwell Green Magistrates’ court heard how Lydia Frempong scammed taxpayers out of Council Tax Benefit and Jobseeker’s Allowance, between July 2012 and January 2013, and the entrepreneur pleaded guilty to two charges of dishonestly failing to notify Sutton Council about a change in her circumstances, which meant she was no longer entitled to the benefits.

But as a PR person, Lydia Frempong had something to say, she stated that it was not her intention to scam the UK system—it was just an ‘oversight’.

For her punishment, she was sentenced to 110 hours of unpaid work and ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £60. She also paid court costs of £85. And she was also ordered to pay back all the money.

Councillor Nick Emmerson, lead member for revenues and benefit at the council said after the hearing that, ‘Thanks to our benefits investigation team we found that Ms Frempong lied in order to falsely claim thousands of pounds in benefits”

He added ‘We believe in a fair council that supports residents with the benefits they are entitled to. Ms Frempong has abused the system and must now return this money.’