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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Amy Walker

A single document led to a £1m scam, 20 years of lies and eventually brought about a woman's downfall

At a quick glance, the everyday reader would think this is a normal degree certificate. Yet this is the document that a bogus psychiatrist created to forge her 20-year career.

Zholia Alemi falsified the certificate, along with a letter of verification riddled with spelling and grammatical errors, before submitting it to the General Medical Council (GMC) to register as a qualified doctor.

She was somehow accepted and over the last 20 years worked in various positions all over the country, including Manchester. Alemi is estimated to have fraudulently obtained over £1 million through the NHS.

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