Scots conman who posed as nurse and stole £130k in funeral fraud scheme struck off
A Scots conman who lied about being a nurse and pocketed over £130,000 in a funeral service scam has been struck off the register.
This was followed by a further conviction in December 2022, which saw Fisher found guilty of falsely representing himself as a registered nurse during the Covid pandemic in January 2021. Fisher admitted in a trial at Hamilton Sheriff Court to having "intent to deceive" while pretending to be a fully registered nurse at an address in Lanarkshire.
"You have been convicted of portraying yourself as a registered nurse and convicted of fraud. Such convictions represent an abuse of the trust and confidence placed in you, and represent the most serious of departures from the codes of practice. "All the behaviours resulting in convictions were intentional in nature and are undoubtedly very serious. They amount to a pattern of misleading behaviour that by their nature are more inclined to be repeated.
Fisher was found to have shown no remorse with the panel agreeing: "There is little evidence you acknowledge your failings and the pattern of behaviour and lack of insight suggest the behaviour is likely to be repeated."
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