By . James Rush . PUBLISHED: . 07:30 EST, 22 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:18 EST, 22 January 2013 . A  mother-of-two illegally claimed more than £13,000 in benefits while owning a house with a £1 million mortgage, a court heard. Jo-Ann Moscicki, 34, claimed unemployment benefit for more than three years without informing the Department of Work and Pensions that she was the registered owner of Carleton Lodge in Pontefract, West Yorkshire. She was arrested after it was discovered in 2011 that the house had been bought for £750,000 and she was named as having taken out a mortgage on the property 'in excess of £1 million', Leeds Crown Court heard. Moscicki illegally claimed more than £13,000 while her name was on a £1m mortgage for Carleton Lodge, above, in Pontefract, West Yorkshire . Prosecuting, Matthew Gent said Moscicki made illegal benefit claims between 2006 and 2011. She originally made claims for being unemployed and later received benefits for being a lone parent after her partner left the household. During that time she failed to notify authorities that she was the registered owner of Carleton Lodge. After her arrest Moscicki claimed to have given the property to her father as she could no longer afford it. Moscicki from Pontefract, pleaded guilty to making a false statement to obtain benefit. Mitigating, Michael Smith said: 'Her father, who was a man of some means, wanted to buy the property with the aim of developing it into a block of flats.' Leeds Crown Court heard her father wanted to buy the property to develop it into a block of flats, but Moscicki had to put her name on the mortgage as her father had county court judgements against him . Mr Smith said her father was unable to obtain a mortgage in his own name as he had county court judgements against him so his daughter agreed to put it in her own name. He said: 'From day one her father paid the mortgage and she was simply the person whose name went in the documents. 'When she filled the (benefit) forms in she assumed that she had no other assets. It doesn’t make her guilty of dishonesty. It makes her guilty of failing to declare a fact.' Mr Smith said Moscicki has no previous convictions and her father had repaid the illegally claimed money. Judge Rodney Jameson QC ordered Moscicki to do 100 hours unpaid work and made her the subject of a 12 month community order. The judge told her: 'I do not regard this as a trivial matter. But someone in your position does not require me to impose a custodial sentence.'
Jo-Ann Moscicki claimed benefits while owner of house with £1m mortgage .
The 34-year-old pleaded guilty to making false statement to obtain benefit .
The court heard her father had paid the mortgage which had her name on .
Ordered to 100 hours unpaid work and handed 12 month community order .
By . James Rush . PUBLISHED: . 07:30 EST, 22 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:18 EST, 22 January 2013 . A  mother-of-two illegally claimed more than £13,000 in benefits while owning a house with a £1 million mortgage, a court heard. Jo-Ann Moscicki, 34, claimed unemployment benefit for more than three years without informing the Department of Work and Pensions that she was the registered owner of Carleton Lodge in Pontefract, West Yorkshire. She was arrested after it was discovered in 2011 that the house had been bought for £750,000 and she was named as having taken out a mortgage on the property 'in excess of £1 million', Leeds Crown Court heard. Moscicki illegally claimed more than £13,000 while her name was on a £1m mortgage for Carleton Lodge, above, in Pontefract, West Yorkshire . Prosecuting, Matthew Gent said Moscicki made illegal benefit claims between 2006 and 2011. She originally made claims for being unemployed and later received benefits for being a lone parent after her partner left the household. During that time she failed to notify authorities that she was the registered owner of Carleton Lodge. After her arrest Moscicki claimed to have given the property to her father as she could no longer afford it. Moscicki from Pontefract, pleaded guilty to making a false statement to obtain benefit. Mitigating, Michael Smith said: 'Her father, who was a man of some means, wanted to buy the property with the aim of developing it into a block of flats.' Leeds Crown Court heard her father wanted to buy the property to develop it into a block of flats, but Moscicki had to put her name on the mortgage as her father had county court judgements against him . Mr Smith said her father was unable to obtain a mortgage in his own name as he had county court judgements against him so his daughter agreed to put it in her own name. He said: 'From day one her father paid the mortgage and she was simply the person whose name went in the documents. 'When she filled the (benefit) forms in she assumed that she had no other assets. It doesn’t make her guilty of dishonesty. It makes her guilty of failing to declare a fact.' Mr Smith said Moscicki has no previous convictions and her father had repaid the illegally claimed money. Judge Rodney Jameson QC ordered Moscicki to do 100 hours unpaid work and made her the subject of a 12 month community order. The judge told her: 'I do not regard this as a trivial matter. But someone in your position does not require me to impose a custodial sentence.'
house with a £1 million mortgage, a court heard. Jo-Ann Moscicki, 34, claimed unemployment benefit guilty to making a false statement to obtain her name on the mortgage as her father had county QC ordered Moscicki to do 100 hours unpaid work and made her the subject of a 12 month community