Overview

• A judge ruled that Zholia Alemi must pay £406,624 to the NHS by the deadline or spend another two-and-a-half years in prison.
• Prosecutors confirmed that a joint effort with Cumbria Police has identified all her available assets for recovery under the Proceeds of Crime Act.
• Alemi forged University of Auckland medical documents to join the General Medical Council register and worked undetected as a hospital psychiatrist for more than 20 years.
• In February 2023 she was convicted of multiple counts of fraud, forgery, deception and falsifying qualifications and received a seven-year prison sentence.
• Her case exposed 1990s registration loopholes at the General Medical Council and spurred reviews of foreign doctors in NHS hospitals following inquiries by journalist Phil Coleman.