Nigerian Student Oluwabunmu Adeleiyi Jailed For Using Fake ID To Work In U.K Hospitals Despite Not Being Qualified https://t.co/AtXwijx0S0 via @Nigerialawyers
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A woman with no formal medical qualifications defrauded the NHS by working as a healthcare support worker using a false ID, a court has heard. Oluwabunmu Adeleiyi, 30, a Nigerian national living in Canton, Cardiff, on a student visa, worked at Neath Port Talbot Hospital and at the Caswell Clinic in Bridgend. Cardiff Crown Court heard she and two accomplices used the same IDs to bill the NHS about £16,000 a month through different employment agencies. Adeleiyi admitted four counts of fraud by false representation and was sentenced to 10 months imprisonment for each offence, to run concurrently and suspended for two years, plus 100 hours of unpaid community service.
The fraud came to light when a receptionist noticed a passport photo placed on Adeleiyi’s ID card at the Caswell Clinic. Staff had observed “bizarre” behaviour including locking herself in ward rooms and securing corridor doors that must remain open for emergencies. Judge Recorder Mark Powell KC told Adeleiyi: “You put the patients at risk… you put staff at risk.” Neil Jones, lead counter fraud specialist for Swansea Bay University Health Board, said Adeleiyi had used fraudulent identification supplied by an overseas organized crime group, adding: “Thankfully, she had minimal interaction with patients and a review carried out by the health board determined that no harm was caused to any patients.”