A guy from Zimbabwe got locked up for over three years after pretending to be a licensed nurse and working at six different care homes across northeast England. Ashton Guramatunhu used someone else's credentials to register with an agency back in 2014, and he had zero actual nursing qualifications while treating vulnerable patients who needed legit medical care.
The scam fell apart when the real nurse got contacted about a fitness-to-practise hearing that had nothing to do with him, which triggered an investigation into the whole mess. Police said Guramatunhu risked people's lives just to make money, and he probably would have kept going if he hadn't gotten caught.
He admitted to fraud by false representation and got hit with a 40-month sentence at Liverpool Crown Court.
The scam fell apart when the real nurse got contacted about a fitness-to-practise hearing that had nothing to do with him, which triggered an investigation into the whole mess. Police said Guramatunhu risked people's lives just to make money, and he probably would have kept going if he hadn't gotten caught.
He admitted to fraud by false representation and got hit with a 40-month sentence at Liverpool Crown Court.
