Namibian may face jail time over fake passport

A Namibian woman pleaded guilty to four counts of fraud in England last week after she was caught using a fake Dutch passport to apply for a job.Belinda Kandjiriomuini (42) allegedly applied for the position of healthcare assistant in Ipswich, using a fake passport and identity document, in July 2018.The Ipswich Star reports that Kandjiriomuini was charged with one count of holding a fake passport and ID card, two counts of using the false documents to gain employment and one count of using them to buy furniture on credit.Kandjiriomuini appeared before the Suffolk Magistrate's Court last Tuesday, where she pleaded guilty to the four charges. According to the Ipswich Star, on 20 July last year Kandjiriomuini apparently supplied a counterfeit passport to the Disclosure Barring Service in order to acquire certificates to continue her employment. It was concluded that the passport was fake after close examination at a database of false identity documents. The Disclosure and Barring Service helps employers make safer recruitment decisions by processing and issuing checks for England, Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.The Ipswich Star says investigators then tracked Kandjiriomuini to an address found on a shared council tax bill, where she revealed her real name and nationality and presented them with an expired Namibian passport.A loan and tenancy agreement was also discovered in Kandjiriomuini's false name, along with bank cards in both her genuine and fake identities.She was charged with being in possession of a fake Dutch passport and ID card for use in connection with fraud, dishonestly making a false representation to the Disclosure Barring Service to gain employment as a healthcare assistant, supplying a false passport and ID card to gain employment at BB Healthcare and using false ID to purchase furniture items on credit. BB Healthcare is a company that recruits healthcare assistants. The matter was adjourned until a sentencing hearing at Ipswich Crown Court on a later date.The court ordered that a pre-sentence report should be prepared in the meantime, which includes the possibility of imprisonment. Kandjiriomuini was released on unconditional bail.The Ipswich Star is a daily evening local newspaper based in Ipswich, UK.ellanie@namibiansun.com ELLANIE SMIT

Namibian may face jail time over fake passport

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