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Law student convicted of fraudulent boobs
17 July 2009
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A former law student has been convicted this week of buying a boob job, and trying to buy a house, using a false identity.
Nina Burmis was a student at the University of Hull when she embarked on the fraud. She booked herself in for a boob job using the name Jayne Ladylocke and paid the £500 deposit with a forged cheque. Even though the cheque bounced, the clinic went ahead with the operation and only became suspicious when Burmis didn't turn up for her post-op appointment. Finally realising that nobody is really called Jayne Ladylock, the clinic called in the police.
Nina Burmis: more front than Blackpool
Meanwhile, Burmis was using her new identity to try to get a mortgage so she could buy herself a house. Perhaps not the most brilliant of frauds - even if it had worked, RollOnFriday forensic accountants believe the mortgage company would have been able to work out where she lived. But she didn't get that far, as suspicions were aroused when she presented a forged reference and pay-slip, and tried to pay the estate agents' fees from a closed account. Despite her meticulous execution of what was so nearly a perfect crime, she was caught and charged with fraud.
On conviction, Burmis was given a suspended jail sentence and 200 hours of community work. The Law Society has confirmed that she will never be able to qualify as a lawyer.