Kitchen porter receives jail sentence for fraudulent working

A kitchen porter at Harrogate District Hospital who came to the UK on a student visa and was never entitled to work full-time has been sentenced to 9 months’ imprisonment, suspended for two years, and 200 hours of Unpaid Community Work for defrauding the NHS.

 

Benjamin Simbarasi got his job as a kitchen porter with Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust by lying about his identity. He earlier pleaded guilty to a charge of Obtaining a Pecuniary Advantage.

 

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