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Fraudulent Nurse Sentenced to 40 Months for £170,000 Scam

12/4/2025

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Ashton Guramatunhu, 46, was sentenced to 40 months for posing as a registered nurse and defrauding over £170,000.
He registered with a nursing agency in Warrington using another nurse's identity.
He worked at six nursing homes from January 2015 to April 2019.
Detective Constable Naomi Sargent said the fraud was uncovered after the real nurse was contacted about an incident at a care home Guramatunhu never worked at.

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Ashton Guramatunhu, 46, was sentenced to 40 months for posing as a registered nurse and defrauding over £170,000.
He registered with a nursing agency in Warrington using another nurse's identity.
He worked at six nursing homes from January 2015 to April 2019.
Detective Constable Naomi Sargent said the fraud was uncovered after the real nurse was contacted about an incident at a care home Guramatunhu never worked at.