A WOMAN with a west Cumbrian address has appeared before a Carlisle court accused of using fake documents to get work with a care company.

Appearing at Carlisle’s Rickergate court, Ndinelao Hamwaalwa, 34, was told that she is facing four allegations linked to her work in the care sector. Prosecutors say that she worked fraudulently with vulnerable adults.

The charges she faces are:

  • Fraud by false representation: That on May 1, 2024, she dishonestly made a false representation by supplying “false Florence Academy training certificates,” intending to make a gain, namely employment for herself.
  • Possessing an identity document with intent: That on, or before July 7 last year, she possessed or controlled an identity document that was false and she knew or believed it to be false, namely a residence card in the name of Diana Markus, with the intention of allowing, or inducing another, namely Walsingham Support, to use the document to establish or verify personal information about her.
  • Fraud by false representation: that on or before July 7 last year she committed fraud in that she dishonestly made a false representation, supplying a false “social care tv training certificate,” intending to make a gain, namely employment.
  • And working when disqualified by reason of immigration status:: That between July 6, 2023 and January 26, 2024, she was employed by a firm called PHC 100 per cent Ltd, working for Walsingham Support as a support worker without prior permission from the Home Office.

In court, the defendant spoke only to confirm her personal details.

Prosecutor George Shelley outlined in more detail the nature of the prosecution case, and the work the defendant allegedly did, saying it included vulnerable adults such as people with learning difficulties or “neurological complexities.”

Kate Hunter, for the defendant, said the defendant had an available address at William Street, Workington, though Hamwaalwa had supplied an address to the court of Northam Road, Southhampton.

After legal discussions, magistrates remanded the defendant in custody.

Because one of the charges cannot be dealt with at a magistrates’ court, the case was sent to Carlisle Crown Court for a hearing that will take place on June 17. The defendant was not asked to enter any pleas to the charges she faces.