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Philip Dewey & Hannah Mackenzie Wood

Doctor defrauded NHS out of £66k to fund crippling gambling addiction

A doctor has spoken out about his severe gambling addiction which resulted in him defrauding the NHS and losing £10,000 on a tennis match.

Aled Jones resorted to various scams while employed as a registrar at the University Hospital of Wales to fund his betting habit, including claiming payment for overlapping shifts or shifts he didn't work, falsifying cheques and carrying out out-on call shifts during his contracted hours.

He made a total of £66,000 through his fraudulent activities at the Cardiff medical centre between 2016 and 2019.

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