Qld fraudster in violent relationship

A Queensland woman who committed fraud for her abusive boyfriend won't have to spend any time in jail.

Crystal Kaye Clement, 26, narrowly avoided prison on Thursday after pleading guilty in the Southport District Court to dozens of charges of fraud and official corruption for her part in a scheme which allowed stolen vehicles to be rebirthed by a criminal network.

Clement was handed a three-year jail sentence for her crimes but was granted immediate parole by chief judge Kerry O'Brien.

The court heard Clement had been in a physically and psychologically abusive relationship with co-accused Joshua Thornbury between July 2012 and November 2013 when the fraud occurred.

During that time she helped the network obtain nine driver's licences and 25 bogus registrations.

Clement's barrister, Scott Lynch, told the court his client had been raped, beaten, threatened with a firearm and her young son tormented during Thornbury's frequent rages.

"Ordinarily these would end with her crying and screaming that she loved him and wouldn't leave him," Mr Lynch said.

"It was relentless violence."

Mr Lynch said his client had only benefited to a total of $1500 in the fraud, which was uncovered during a Queensland Crime and Corruption Commission investigation into an alleged drug trafficking network.

He said she spent the money on rent and other bills.

Mr Lynch added since her arrest his client had assisted police and was now enrolled as a nurse at the Gold Coast University Hospital.

Judge O'Brien agreed Thornbury's influence on Clement couldn't be understated.

"Your relationship to Thornbury was characterised by domestic violence," Mr O'Brien said.

"The controlling influence of Thornbury was a significant factor in your offending."

Mr O'Brien said the relationship and the lack of significant benefit to Clement from the offending justified a non-custodial sentence.