Octuplets mom Nadya Suleman settled the welfare fraud case against her by repaying $ 26,000 prosecutors say she illegally claimed . Suleman , known in the media as `` Octomom '' because she gave birth to eight babies in one day , must also serve two years on probation and work 200 hours of community service under a plea deal announced Monday . The Los Angeles district attorney accused Suleman , 39 , of not reporting nearly $ 30,000 she earned as a topless dancer and adult film actress in the months after she applied for public assistance for her 14 children last year . Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge David Horwitz accepted Suleman 's no contest plea to a single misdemeanor charge in court Monday after she proved she had paid the restitution to the state and county . Suleman could have gotten up to six years and four months in prison if convicted of all four charges that had been pending , the prosecutor said . Suleman told HLN 's Dr. Drew in 2012 that her porn video was `` the most empowering and liberating thing I 've ever done . '' Octuplets mom Suleman books stripper gigs to save home .
Suleman is known as ` ` Octomom '' because she gave birth to 8 babies in one year . She is not counting nearly $ 30,000 earned as a topless dancer and adult film actress . The money came from working as a topless dancer and adult film actress .