06.12.10
Dudley mental health nurse jailed for £25k NHS fraud
A man who obtained work as a care assistant and mental health nurse using false documentation has been jailed for seven months after an investigation by the NHS Counter Fraud Service, assisted by the UK Border Agency.
Richman Matinyadze, 37, of Falcon Way, Brierley Hill, admitted four charges of possessing a false identity document with intent, contrary to Section 25(1) of the Identity Cards Act 2006. He received seven months’ imprisonment on each charge, to be served concurrently. Two passports and a Home Office letter were involved.
Matinyadze was granted temporary asylum in the United Kingdom in June 2006 on arrival from Zimbabwe, but was not entitled to seek work, paid or unpaid, or have recourse to public funds.
Judge John Warner gave him some credit for being a “good worker” but said: “What you did undermines the system operated in this country for controlling immigration."
In total Matinyadze earned about £25,000 between December 2007 and November 2009 working for Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust.
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