The woman claimed compensation on behalf of six other people, for items lost on a university study trip
• She claimed against the university’s insurance policy, which covers all students who are sanctioned to travel
• City of London Police officers discovered that five of the alleged students didn’t go on the trip and hadn’t even studied at the university
On Friday (16 February 2018), a woman was sentenced after she claimed compensation on behalf of herself and six other students, for items that had allegedly been lost whilst on a university study trip to Venice.
Alison Ntim, 23, of Mowatt Close, London, was found guilty of fraud by false representation and for making or supplying articles for use in fraud, following an investigation by the City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED). She was sentenced at the Central Criminal Court to eight months imprisonment, suspended for 18 months, and was also given 150 hours community service and a 15 day rehabilitation requirement.
University study trip
Ntim studied interior design at the London Metropolitan University and as part of her degree, she went on a three day study trip to Venice in November 2014. The travel policy that she made claims against was originally incepted by the university to cover all students who travelled on authorised study trips.
The insurance company for the university noticed some discrepancies with the majority of the claims, leading them to believe they were fraudulent and so referred the case to IFED.