Judge jails fake NHS psychiatrist and criticises ‘abject failure of scrutiny’

Zholia Alemi earned £1.3m in wages after forging degree certificate she used to register with the General Medical Council

A bogus psychiatrist who practised in the NHS for 22 years with a fake degree has been jailed, as a judge criticised medical authorities for an “abject failure of scrutiny”.

Zholia Alemi was ordered to serve seven years in prison after being found guilty of a “deliberate and wicked deception” that allowed her to treat hundreds of patients across Britain.