A Bolton man who had no right to work in the UK tricked his way into a job as a security guard in a hospital using a fraudulent document.

Olarotimi Ojugbele used someone else’s Security Industry Authority licence to work illegally on 70 occasions as a security operative in a hospital.

He was caught following an investigation by the Security Industry Authority (SIA).

A routine inspection by the in-house security manager of a Manchester city centre public hospital in 2020 identified multiple cases of cloned SIA licences.

A cloned licence is a licence that is a copy of a genuine licence.

This meant that a number of unlicensed people were working as security staff at the hospital during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The hospital’s security manager referred a cloned licence to the SIA along with incriminating email messages. The SIA’s criminal investigation team identified Ojugbele at an address in Bolton as the holder of a cloned licence.

The SIA invited Ojugbele to an interview-under-caution on 22 September 2021. Ojugbele attended the interview and he made a full admission to SIA investigators that he used two cloned SIA licences.

He said that he worked for two SIA approved contractors on at least 70 occasions between 8 October 2020 and 31 March 2021. The SIA is actively investigating Ojugbele’s employers.

Ojugbele had no right to work in the UK. He was arrested by Home Office immigration officials in October 2021 and he was detained at a Middlesex immigration centre.

Ojugbele was handed a 26-week jail sentence, suspended for 18 months by Willesden Magistrates' Court, plus a 15-day Rehabilitation Activity Requirement to be completed within 12 months. He was also ordered to pay a £128 victim surcharge

Nicola Bolton, one of the SIA’s criminal investigation managers, said: "Mr Ojugbele was prosecuted for using someone else’s SIA licence, enabling him to work illegally on 70 occasions as a security operative in a hospital.

"The licensing regime is there to protect the public.

"This is particularly important in an establishment such as a hospital where people can be at their most vulnerable.

"I would like to thank the hospital’s security who have been instrumental in this prosecution.”

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