"Everyone's a victim" of the fraudulent activities of a government contractor who directed thousands of dollars from natural disaster relief payments to herself because she feared she and her family would live in a tent again, a court has heard.
Paula Stubbings, in her 50s, was sentenced in the ACT Magistrates Court on Wednesday for one rolled-up count of obtaining a financial advantage by deception to which she pleaded guilty.
The offender was contracted to Services Australia in April to June 2021 when she falsely recorded claims for relief payments for three people and diverted the funds, totalling $3000, to her own bank account.
