Police charge ‘fake psychiatrist’ who worked for NHS for 22 years despite having no qualifications’ with 13 fraud offences
- Zholia Alemi, 57, formerly from High Harrington, charged with fraud offences
- Follows investigation by detectives in the area’s Crime and Safeguarding Team
- Due to appear before Manchester City Magistrates’ Court on September 22
A fake psychiatrist who worked for the NHS for 22 years despite allegedly not having any qualifications has been charged with 13 fraud offences.
Zholia Alemi, 57, formerly from High Harrington, has been was charged with the fraud offences following an investigation by detectives in the area’s Crime and Safeguarding Team.
Today Cumbria Constabulary confirmed the former NHS worker had been charged with two counts of making a false instrument with intent it be accepted as genuine.
Zholia Alemi, 57, formerly from High Harrington, who worked for the NHS for 22 years despite allegedly not having any qualifications, has been charged with 13 fraud offences
She has also been charged with eight counts of fraud by false representation and three counts of obtaining a pecuniary advantage.
She is now due to appear before Manchester City Magistrates’ Court on September 22.
Alemi worked as a locum consultant psychiatrist for the Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust (NSFT) between 2014 and 2015, mainly looking after disabled adults and children.