A bogus shrink has been ordered to pay back the NHS more than £400,000 or face two-and-a-half more years in prison.
Zholia Alemi, 62, was jailed in February 2023 for seven years after she committed a string of fraud offences.
Having forged her qualifications, she worked as psychiatrist on both sides of the Border earning up to £1.3million before she was caught.
Alemi claimed to have a degree from the University of Auckland in New Zealand but a jury at Manchester Crown Court found her guilty of forging the degree certificate and letter of verification she used to register with the General Medical Council in 1995.
She moved around the country to different posts for more than 20 years to ensure ‘the finger of suspicion’ did not point at her, the court heard.
