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Former Nurse Sentenced for £70,000 NHS Fraud Scheme

5/17/2025

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Dean Armitage, a former nurse from Bradford, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for a shocking fraud against an NHS Trust, pocketing over £70,000. Between September 2019 and March 2021, he deceitfully claimed pay for 185 overtime shifts he never worked at a Greater Manchester mental health unit, with the judge labeling his scheme as "persistent and sophisticated."

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Dean Armitage, a former nurse from Bradford, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for a shocking fraud against an NHS Trust, pocketing over £70,000. Between September 2019 and March 2021, he deceitfully claimed pay for 185 overtime shifts he never worked at a Greater Manchester mental health unit, with the judge labeling his scheme as "persistent and sophisticated."