A 50-year-old man who claimed £18,236 in housing and council tax benefit he was not entitled to will be sentenced next month.
Kieran Gogarty, of Osborne Road, Blackpool, admitted making a false representation in November, 2003 in order to claim benefits.
He also failed to notify Cherwell District Council of a change in circumstances between November, 2003 and June, 2006.
He was found not guilty on a second charge of making a false representation after the Crown Prosecution Service offered no evidence.
Oxford Crown Court heard Gogarty had failed to declare £15,000 of savings in his wife's name.
He is due to be sentenced on April 9.
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