Appalling. The start of the piece:

“A woman who worked as an NHS psychiatrist for more than 20 years after she got the job with a fake qualification has been ordered to pay back more than £400,000 or face more jail time.

Zholia Alemi, of Burnley, worked across the UK after forging a degree certificate from the University of Auckland in New Zealand.

The 62-year-old denied 20 offences including forgery but was jailed for seven years after being convicted by jury at Manchester Crown Court in 2023.

A Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) spokesman said she had been ordered by a judge to pay back £406,624 in compensation to the NHS or face two-and-a-half more years in prison after she “cheated the public purse”.

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Assuming she doesn’t pay £406,624 in compensation to the NHS – and why such a low sum, given she worked as a psychiatrist for 20 years? – she’ll then “face” two-and-a-half more years in prison. This will not only cost the taxpayer a fortune, but effectively mean she’ll be earning more than £13,500 per MONTH over that period. Nice work, if you can get it.

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