Felisters Peters who faked UK citizenship to obtain NHS benefits
A Kenyan woman who tricked the NHS into paying for her to train as a radiologist has been jailed.
Felista Peters, 28, claimed to be a British citizen and used a false passport, Bristol Crown Court heard.
The University of the West of England was paid £26,000 to train Peters in radiology.
She was working in Southmead Hospital in Bristol when arrested for fraud. Sentencing her to 19 months the judge told Peters she would be deported.
Judge Mark Horton told the court: “You were able to bypass the lawful checks and balances of the system and that strikes at the security of this country.
“ For the last seven years your life in this country has been a complete lie ” Judge Mark Horton
“Your abuse of the English system has reduced the ability of lawful applicants to take advantage of the funding which you fraudulently obtained.
“For the last seven years your life in this country has been a complete lie.”
Peters had applied for the passport under her name but said she was a British citizen and attached a fake birth certificate in order to substantiate her claim, the court was told.
The false passport allowed her to get a driver’s licence, National Insurance number and a bank account.
Peters was also given £8,800 by the NHS as a bursary towards her living and studying costs.
She was sentenced to 19 months imprisonment on Monday after admitting five of seven counts of fraud and ID Card offences between 2002 and 2006.
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