By Snejana Farberov for Mail online and Louise Boyle Punished: Andrea Chisholm, 54, was sentenced to one year in prison for aiding and abetting wrongfully obtained public assistance A Minnesota woman who once claimed to be Scottish nobility has pleaded guilty to illegally collecting welfare payments while living in a mansion. Andrea Chisholm, 54, accepted responsibility for aiding and abetting wrongfully obtaining public assistance. She admitted in court Tuesday she signed welfare applications that were inaccurate and resulted in her collecting more than $60,000, but told the judge they were filled out by her husband, 62-year-old Colin Chisholm III.
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Andrea Chisholm, 54, was sentenced to one year and one day in prison after pleading guilty to aiding and abetting wrongfully obtained public assistance
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The self-described Scottish noblewoman 'Lady Chisholm' told the judge her husband, Colin Chisholm III, filled out the bogus welfare applications
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The couple lived in a lakefront home, owned a $1.2million yacht and ran a kennel raising elite Cavalier King Charles spaniels
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The Chisholms collected $167,000 in food stamps and medical claims, prosecutors said
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