Lee Brannan, 44, hired Angela Wallace after he qualified for a personal carer scheme run by North Lanarkshire Council.
A benefits cheat who used £5,000 of council cash to employ his friend as a personal cleaner is facing jail.
Depute fiscal John Coogan told the court Brannan, who is registered as disabled, had orchestrated the scam after recruiting Wallace. He said: "It was suggested she work eight hours per week for payment of £50 or £200 every four weeks which she initially didn't take up but then agreed to it. "The accused would indicate that this was an administrative error by the trust company and would request her to take her £200 wage and that the surplus balance be transferred back directly to him and this continued throughout the period libelled."
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