A two year suspended sentence has been given to a 66-year-old Saint John woman, Angela Cole for fraud over 5 thousand dollars.
Cole has been ordered to pay over $10 thousand dollars in restitution after pleading guilty.
She pleaded guilty to withdrawing pension benefits deposited in her dead mother's name from a joint account.
Over a five year period, more than $12 thousand dollars in pension benefits had been deposited.
The pension benefits were still being deposited to the account after Cole's mother died because her death was not reported to either the bank and Public Works Canada.