Jun 16, 2010
The Straits Times
By Judith Tan
A SINGAPOREAN man accused of using a forged degree to pass off as a doctor at an Australian hospital was sentenced to two years jail by the Northern Territory Supreme Court on Tuesday.
Balaji Varatharaju, 29, was found guilty of six charges of criminal conduct, including two counts of obtaining benefit by a deception, using a fake document, possessing poison and making a false statement in a declaration.
The former Adelaide University student who had never completed a medical degree there, was employed as a doctor at the Alice Springs Hospital for nine months.