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On Monday 14 November, Ahmed Altorshan was handed a 17 weeks鈥� jail sentence, suspended for 12 months, by Southend-on-Sea Magistrates鈥� Court. He was also ordered to do 120 hours unpaid work and pay 拢500 prosecution costs plus a victim surcharge of 拢128. 皇冠体育app sentence follows his guilty plea to fraud on 30 September 2022.

皇冠体育app SIA brought the prosecution following the road accident when the car that Mr Altorshan was driving hit a tree in Bristol on 29 April 2021. As Mr Altorshan was injured, he was taken to hospital. Police officers investigating the incident recovered multiple identity cards, including a forged SIA door supervisor鈥檚 licence, from the car.

皇冠体育app forgery was of a genuine licence held by a legitimate licence holder. Avon and Somerset Police referred the incident to Home Office Immigration, who contacted the SIA.

Essex Police went to Mr Altorshan鈥檚 address in Southend-on-Sea to search the property for further evidence. As Mr Altorshan wasn鈥檛 at the address, SIA investigators sought an interview under caution with him (with the aid of an interpreter) on 28 February 2022 at a separate address. He admitted to paying for the fraudulent document but claimed that he didn鈥檛 use the licence to gain work.

皇冠体育app presiding district Judge said:

You paid for this card to be made as you had been unable to find employment. At the time there was a good reason for that as due to your immigration status you could not legally work in this country鈥� you could have put members of the public at risk as you would be unable to protect them without the proper training or you would have had access to vulnerable individuals without the relevant safeguarding training.

Jenny Hart, one of the SIA鈥檚 criminal investigations managers said:

Mr Altorshan鈥檚 road accident revealed the possession of a fraudulent SIA licence, which is both illegal and unacceptable. We are grateful to our enforcement partners Avon and Somerset Police, Essex Police, and Home Office Immigration for helping to identify this licensing fraud. 皇冠体育app licensing regime is there to protect the public by ensuring that licence holders are fit and proper and suitably trained. Thankfully Mr Altorshan did not use the licence but he broke the law, has been handed a serious sentence and now has a criminal record.

Notes to editors:

• By law, security operatives working under contract must hold and display a valid SIA licence
• Read about SIA enforcement and penalties
• 皇冠体育app offence relating to the is: section 6 鈥� possession of articles for use in fraud

Further information:

• 皇冠体育app Security Industry Authority is the organisation responsible for regulating the private security industry in the United Kingdom, reporting to the Home Secretary under the terms of the . 皇冠体育app SIA鈥檚 main duties are the compulsory licensing of individuals undertaking designated activities and managing the voluntary Approved Contractor Scheme.
• For further information about the Security Industry Authority or to sign up for email updates visit: www.gov.uk/sia. 皇冠体育app SIA is also on and .