Nadya Suleman, also known as "Octomom" for giving birth to eight children in 2009, pleaded no contest to the single misdemeanor count of welfare fraud on Monday after she failed to disclose almost $30,000 in earnings, LA Times reports.

The 39-year-old mother of 14 received income from videos and personal appearances while she collected public assistance funds to tend to her many children. However, after repaying the Los Angeles County and State of California more than $26,000, Suleman was sentenced to two years of probation and to fulfill community service totaling 200 hours.

According to reports, she could have faced up to five years and eight months of imprisonment if she had been convicted of the original charges of fraud.

Five years ago, "Octomom" wanted a huge family and had in-vitro fertilization performed on her, which led to her pregnancy with six male and two female babies. While she became an international sensation that year, her physician was stripped of his license to practice by the Medical Board of California for violating medical guidelines.

Before her octuplets, Suleman had given birth to six older children who were also conceived by in-vitro fertilization.

However, the prosecutors have said from the beginning that they hoped to work out a plea bargain that would allow the mother of 14 to remain free to tend to her children. Suleman, on the other hand, has carefully kept her children from the public since she gave birth to the octuplets. None of the eight children weighed any heavier than 2 pounds, 12 ounces at the time of their birth.

Before her plea, Suleman had been facing a total of four felony charges that included perjury aside from the welfare fraud case. The investigators learned of her misdemeanor from an anonymous tip revealing Suleman's extra earnings from various sources, which she had failed to disclose.