Office worker fleeced hospital to pay off debts

An office worker today (mon) admitted fleecing a hospital out of more than £40,000 to pay off her debts. Mina Dawute, 30, was working in the human resources department at University College London Hospital, Euston, at the time of the scam, between August and October last year. She falsified recruitment records which allowed money to be paid into her own accounts. Dawute, a British woman with Ghanaian heritage, admitted one charge of fraud at Blackfriars Crown Court Her defence barrister…