A production manager pretended his young daughter had cancer in a scam to get time off work, a court has heard.
Kevin Parry's employers were so concerned for the child they gave him compassionate leave.
But Swansea Crown Court was told that while he was off on full pay, his firm discovered he had also faked almost £9,000 in expense claims.
His employers discovered that Parry's daughter suffered with asthma, but did not have cancer.
Sentencing him to 12 months custody, suspended for two years, Mr Recorder Bishop said he would have jailed Parry immediately, but his "entirely innocent wife and two children would then suffer" by losing their home.
Parry, from Bryntirion, was also ordered to carry out 200 hours community work, and repay his old company £14,000.
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