News Article
11 September 2009
Cardiff nurse sentenced for fraud
A nurse was sentenced to 52 weeks imprisonment suspended for 2 years for defrauding the NHS over a four year period of approximately £80,000. Today’s conviction at Cardiff Crown Court follows an investigation by the Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust’s Local Counter Fraud Specialist in conjunction with the UK Border Agency (UKBA).
Kate Adunni Dosumu, 48, from Whitchurch Road, Cardiff got a job as a Nursing Auxiliary based at University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff by using a false passport. At the time Dosumu was also living illegally in the UK. It is believed that Dosumu needed the money to fund her daughter’s university education.
Suspicions were raised when a National Fraud Initiative Data Matching Exercise revealed that Dosumu had used the same National Insurance Number as another NHS employee based in the North West of England. Further checks identified that Dosumu, whose visa to remain in the UK expired in 2004, used the false passport as part of her application for employment at University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff during 2005.
Dosumu pleaded guilty to two charges at Cardiff Magistrates Court on 7th August 2009: Obtaining a Pecuniary Advantage by Criminal Deception contrary to Section 16 of the Theft Act 1968 and Using a False Instrument contrary to Section 3 of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981.
Craig Greenstock, Local Counter Fraud Specialist for Cardiff & Vale NHS Trust said:
“Kate Dosumu’s actions were completely unacceptable – by using public money for her own personal gain, she deprived Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust of valuable resources that could have been used to treat patients.
Hopefully her prosecution will send a message to potential fraudsters that we will not tolerate this theft and also show that we are not an easy target”.
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For more information contact Zoë Porton at the NHS CF press office on 020 7895 4521. Out of hours mobile 07717 851 926
Further information on NHS CF can be found at www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/CounterFraud.aspx
Notes to Editors
1. NHS Counter Fraud (NHS CF) - a service of the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) - was established to tackle fraud and corruption throughout the NHS and DH whether it involves professionals, staff, patients or contractors. It aims to create a lasting anti-fraud culture.
2. Around 319 professionally-trained and accredited Local Counter Fraud Specialists are in place covering every health body in England and Wales. They are supported nationally and regionally by NHS CF. NHS CF investigations produced potential savings to the NHS of £7,565,014 during 2007-08.
3. In 2007-08 the NHS CF successfully prosecuted 57 criminal cases with a 96% success rate.
4. To report any incident of suspected fraud in the NHS, please call the Fraud and Corruption Reporting Line on 0800 028 40 60.