1.Jean Tugwete
42 year old Jean lied her way into the job as PA to Andy Blundell at marketing agency Communisis in May 2010 before using the card to make £264,274 of fraudulent purchases over a three-year period.
Tugwete then repeatedly altered the American Express statements between April 2012 to February 2015 to cover her tracks.
She was jailed for three-and-a-half years for two counts of fraud and two of false accounting.
2.Charity Moyo, 38,
She stole dresses, tops and shoes from Topshop and Debenhams, so they could return them for a refund at other stores in the North West.Originally charged with conspiracy to commit £170,000 fraud, but pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud committed in the resort in December 2013.
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Sentenced to eight months’ jail suspended for 12 months, and ordered to carry out 180 hours of unpaid work with six months’ supervision.
3.Carolie Nkomo, 35,
She stole dresses, tops and shoes from Topshop and Debenhams, so they could return them for a refund at other stores in the North West.
Originally charged with conspiracy to commit £170,000 fraud, but pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud committed in the resort in December 2013.
Sentenced to eight months’ jail suspended for 12 months, and ordered to carry out 180 hours of unpaid work with six months’ supervision.
4.Evelyn Gore-Strachan
Gore-Strachan a UK based Zimbabwean woman has been jailed for 12 years in Jail in Reading England after being convicted of 9 counts of accounting fraud.
Gore forged fictitious HMRC tax penalty invoices and paid huge sums of money into her own bank accounts. At one point she also paid huge sums of money close to £300 000 into Japanese Companies registered in her name.
5.Ipaishe Charuma,
She used false documents to gain an NHS bursary, training and work, has been sentenced in 2009 to 18 months’ imprisonment for six fraud-related offences at Snaresbrook Crown Court (6th November, 2009). The total loss to the NHS was £72,782.69. The conviction follows an investigation by the NHS Counter Fraud Service.
6.Eniah Nhika
THURROCK Council has successfully prosecuted a 42-year-old woman in 2014 who defrauded taxpayers and benefited by more than £300,000.
Eniah Nhika was sentenced at Basildon Magistrates Court on Tuesday 23 September to 21 months custody, suspended for 2 years, and 200 hours of unpaid work and a 6 month home curfew after pleading guilty to 9 offences of using a false identity to commit fraud.
7.Thoko Sarah Nkosi
Thoko defrauded £73,376.90. Her three year nursing diploma, which she completed, cost the East of England Strategic Health Authority (SHA) £18,544.25. She also obtained an NHS Student Bursary of £49,432.65 covering three years, plus £5,400 from the University of Bedfordshire HE Access to Learning Fund.
Thoko Nkosi used a false Malawian passport to obtain her university place and NHS bursary. It contained forged Home Office stamps and visas, to make it appear that she had indefinite leave to remain in the UK. She also used a false Home Office letter which stated she had indefinite leave to remain. Her Nursing and Midwifery Admissions Service application contained false details. She fabricated the evidence to meet the strict residency conditions that must be met to study on the course and receive an NHS bursary.
Sentenced to ten months’ imprisonment at Luton Crown Court (Monday 28th June 2010).
8.Charity Tose Nkosi
Charity defrauded £49,146.56. She completed two years of the same course, which cost the East of England SHA around £15,997. She obtained an NHS Student Bursary of £29,954.56, covering two years, plus £3,195 from the University of Bedfordshire HE Access to Learning Fund.
Charity Nkosi used a false South African passport to obtain her place and NHS bursary. It contained a false residence permit showing indefinite leave to remain in the UK. She had expected to qualify as a nurse this month, but was prevented from completing the course as a result of the fraud investigation.
Sentenced to ten months’ imprisonment at Luton Crown Court (Monday 28th June 2010).
9.Sandra Murenha
Zimbabwean asylum seeker Sandra Murenha claimed benefits even though she was working in a job that she had obtained by lying.
Murenha, 36, received £2,000 in Job Seeker’s Allowance while working at IT business company Steria Limited in Hemel Hempstead.
St Albans Crown Court heard in 2014 that Murenha, of Grosvenor Road, St Albans, worked for the company between August 11 2008 and November 26 2010. She had obtained the job without declaring her previous conviction. In that period she had also claimed £2,000 in benefits.
10.Sungaradazo Mudgyiwa
In 2009 , she stole more than £100,000 in benefits using the identity of a mother-of-two.She was jailed for the offence, but released after a year.
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