Nurse faces deportation for forging papers
“New Zimbabwe”, United Kingdom on November 03, 2010 : A Nursing assistant who defrauded the UK National Health Service of more than £60,000 after fraudulently claiming a bursary using forged papers has been told she faces deportation to Zimbabwe. Lorraine Nkuni Tshuma, 47, will carry out 220 hours of community service after her 12 month prison sentence was wholly suspended for 18 months at the Chelmsford Crown Court on Tuesday…..But the mum of three obtained a false Home Office letter that appeared to grant her “indefinite leave to enter or remain” in the UK. This gave the illusion she had settled status, an essential precondition for NHS-funded training and bursaries…..She was found guilty of four fraud offences, after a six day trial. Her deceptions were worth over £60,000 in total, including a loss to the NHS of £49,210.13…..In her application for the nursing place, Tshuma had submitted a forged CIE academic certificate. This appeared to show she had gained the equivalent to GCE ‘O’ Levels at Grade C for English and Maths in 1979 at Chegato High School in Zimbabwe, but this was not the case.
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