Dr Olubunmi Adeagbo-Sheikh claimed £900 a month from the Department for Work & Pensioners between September 2018 and September 2019, saying he was using it to pay for a flat in Gipsy Hill.
But an investigation revealed he was living with his mum in Swanley and that the Gipsy Hill flat did not even exist.
Adeagbo-Sheikh had even invented a fake landlord and tenancy agreement as part of his Universal Credit application.
He pleaded guilty to fraud and in February 2024 he was sentenced to a 12-month community order with 100 hours of unpaid work.
He was ordered to pay back the money.
Adeagbo-Sheikh became registered doctor with the General Medical Council (GMC) in 2022 and began working in various posts at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in the same year.
It has now been revealed that he failed to notify the GMC without delay that he had been charged
He only notified the GMC days before he was sentenced.
On Friday, October 31, the GMC decided that Adeagbo-Sheikh’s name should be erased from the medical register.
A report from the GMC states: “This tribunal has found that Dr Adeagbo-Sheikh made a deliberate choice to commit fraud, which was persistent in terms of continuing to receive the monies into his bank over a 13-month period and would likely have continued if the fraud had not been uncovered.
“The Tribunal was clear as to the importance of honesty and integrity that is a fundamental tenet of the medical profession and of the impact and seriousness when this is not upheld.”
Adeagbo-Sheikh ceased to work at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in December 2024.
