She will serve five years imprisonment.
Her husband Etuate Lavulavu has been given a six year sentence according to Kaniva News.
The Lavulavus were convicted of three counts of fraud by the court last month.
The charges go back to 2016 when they falsified student documents in order to gain access to $US250,000 in government grant funding for the ‘Unuaki ‘o Tonga Royal Institute that they operated privately.
"This is an example of the worst sort of dishonesty," said Justice NJ Cooper in his verdict.
