Former MP Margaret Moran has been sentenced to a two-year supervision and treatment order after falsely claiming more than £53,000 in expenses.
A judge had ruled the ex-Labour MP for Luton South was unfit to stand trial for mental health reasons and so could not receive a criminal conviction.
The jury heard the case at Southwark Crown Court in November in her absence.
It found her guilty of 15 counts of false accounting and six other related charges.
Moran, who lives in St Denys, Southampton, served in the Commons between 1997 and 2010.
Dry rot claimShe was found to have falsely claimed about £60,000 in parliamentary expenses between 2004 and 2008, of which she received £53,000.
End Quote Mr Justice SaundersThere will inevitably be feelings among some that Mrs Moran has got away with it"
She claimed nearly her entire annual allowance in one bogus expense entry and forged invoices for more than £20,000 of non-existent goods and services.
The court had heard that she was able to make a dry rot claim of £22,500 by "flipping" her two homes - changing which property was listed as her second home and therefore allowing her to claim expenses for its upkeep.
Her claims were the largest amount uncovered in the wake of the MPs' expenses scandal.
Moran was not present at Southwark Crown Court to hear Mr Justice Saunders make the ruling.
"There will inevitably be feelings among some that Mrs Moran has got away with it," he said.
"What the court has done and has to do is to act in accordance with the law of the land and on the basis of the evidence that it hears.
"The findings of the court were not convictions. Those findings enable me to make orders requiring her to undergo treatment for her mental health."
Probation officerSpeaking after the hearing, consultant psychologist Dr Mike Isaacs said the ruling meant Ms Moran had been put on probation.
"There are conditions attached to [supervision orders] including regular contact with a probation officer," he said.
"Commonly, if the reason for a non-custodial sentence is a psychiatric disorder, then another condition is that you get treated for that."
The order is to be supervised by Southampton City Council.
The Crown Prosecution Service said it was still determining whether action will be taken in relation to the recovery of money fraudulently gained by Moran.
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