US EditionFake Psychiatrist Exposed by News & Star 'Must Pay Back £400,000'
- Zholia Alemi, a 62-year-old from Burnley, Lancashire, was jailed for seven years in February 2023 for multiple fraud offences related to forging medical qualifications to practise psychiatry in the UK.
- In 1995, Alemi created false documents, including a medical qualification and an endorsement letter from the University of Auckland, which she submitted to the General Medical Council to register as a doctor despite not having completed her medical studies.
- Over a period exceeding two decades, she maintained nearly continuous employment with NHS trusts and private healthcare organizations throughout the UK’s constituent countries, collecting around £1.3 million in wages through fraudulent means.
- On June 4, after a hearing under the Proceeds of Crime Act, Alemi was instructed to reimburse £406,624 to the NHS, with the consequence of serving an additional two-and-a-half-year prison sentence if she fails to pay.
- Her case exposed failures in GMC checks during the 1990s that allowed her registration despite forged documents, prompting an inquiry and a review of about 3,000 foreign doctors registered under outdated legislation.
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Fake doctor ordered to pay back over £400k for FORGING medical qualifications
A woman who masqueraded as a psychiatrist for two decades has been ordered to repay £406,624 to the NHS or face an additional two and a half years behind bars.Zholia Alemi, 62, from Burnley, was convicted in February 2023 of multiple fraud and forgery offences at Manchester Crown Court and received a seven-year prison sentence.The bogus doctor worked across hospitals in England, Wales and Scotland for more than 20 years despite never possessing …
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Fake psychiatrist ordered to pay back £406k to NHS after bogus 20-year career - The Mirror
Zholia Alemi was sentenced to 7 years in jail after being found guilty of 13 counts of fraud and two counts of using material to falsify medical qualifications, among other charges
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