The Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend is seeking to recover some of the money it paid to Tanya Nasir, a fraudulent nurse. Nasir, who was employed as the neonatal ward manager at the facility, falsely claimed qualifications and experience when applying for the role in 2019. She was found guilty of nine counts of fraud, as well as fraud by false representation, and sentenced to five years in prison. A hearing under the Proceeds of Crime Act will be held in March 2022, with Nasir expected to keep some of her earnings, although she will not be able to retain the entire salary of a qualified Band 7 neonatal ward manager.
Nasir also worked at The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in London, where she secured two additional roles through fraudulent means, earning nearly £115,000 before her deceit was discovered. Her lies extended beyond her nursing qualifications and experience, and included claims that she had worked in intensive care at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital for five years, and had served as an Army Reserve medic in Afghanistan, Syria, Kosovo, and Kenya. All of these claims were false. Nasir qualified as an adult nurse in 2014 but claimed to have gained her qualifications four years earlier, producing falsified certificates to support her claims.
Nasir was suspended from her role after five months in post, following suspicions about her qualifications. NHS counter fraud investigators, who uncovered a complex web of lies, remarked that they had never met anyone like her. The investigation, conducted by former police officers Neil Jones and Beverley Jones, revealed that Nasir had never served in any capacity in the British Army. When challenged about her qualifications, Nasir claimed to hold degrees in subjects including physics and astrophysics, as well as a range of other qualifications, none of which had any record in the relevant institutions.
One of Nasir’s colleagues said that she frequently talked about her army career, and claimed that she couldn’t come to work because she was in Afghanistan or Kenya. However, she lacked the necessary clinical skills, including paediatric resuscitation, and her lies resulted in colleagues having to bear the burden of covering her absences for training. Despite her calm exterior, Nasir was walked to the prison van with her coat over her head after sentencing
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