LOS ANGELES — A Sherman Oaks woman was sentenced Wednesday to four months behind bars for seeking disaster-relief funds by falsely claiming that a property she rented was destroyed in the Palisades fire, despite having no connection to the residence affected by the disaster.

Zenalyn McIntre, 38, pleaded guilty in June in downtown Los Angeles to one federal count of fraud in connection with major disaster or emergency benefits.

Based on her false claim, the Federal Emergency Management Agency distributed nearly $25,000 in disaster-relief funds to McIntre — who was ordered Wednesday to pay the money back.

The defendant admitted that on Jan. 20, she submitted a false claim for federal disaster relief by claiming that she was a renter of a residence in Pacific Palisades that was destroyed

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