Emmanuel Nbanga

Emmanuel Nbanga, a 46-year-old (DOB: 06/04/1980) from Solihull, UK, has been found guilty of fraud and fraudulent trading in a significant case involving the National Health Service (NHS).

Key Facts and Charges:

• Nbanga, who worked as a materials management assistant at Alexandra Hospital in Redditch, Worcestershire, was convicted of fraud by abuse of position and fraudulent trading.
• The offenses occurred between October 23, 2017, and September 11, 2019, causing a loss of £279,000 to the NHS. Some sources also indicate the fraud took place between October 2016 and September 2019.
• Nbanga systematically stole medical supplies from operating theatre stock rooms at Alexandra Hospital.
• He then provided these stolen items to Solomon Adeyemi, 58 (or 57 in some reports), director of Ultimate Medical Limited (UML), a company based in Tyseley, Birmingham.
• UML repackaged the stolen stock, and Nbanga subsequently repurchased these items, along with other non-compliant medical products supplied by UML, back from the company. This meant the NHS was effectively buying back its own stolen stock, sometimes multiple times.
• Nbanga's wife, Remilekun Olusesi, 40, was also convicted of a money laundering-related offense, as her company, Lawyis Medical UK Ltd, was used as a conduit to launder monies from these frauds. Adeyemi was also found guilty of fraudulent trading and had previously pleaded guilty to possessing false identity documents.

Court Appearances and Decisions:

• Emmanuel Nbanga was found guilty at Worcester Crown Court on June 30, 2026, following a trial.
• All three defendants (Nbanga, Olusesi, and Adeyemi) had previously pleaded not guilty at a hearing at Worcester Crown Court on July 19, 2021.
• Nbanga and Adeyemi were arrested and interviewed in September 2019, with re-interviews in March 2020. Olusesi was also interviewed in 2020.
• As of early July 2026, all three were awaiting sentencing, with Nbanga and Adeyemi remanded in custody due to being considered a flight risk.
• The case reference is T20217010 at Worcester Combined Court.

The Crown Prosecution Service highlighted that Nbanga abused his position of trust, stealing taxpayer money for selfish purposes, and was supported by Adeyemi and Olusesi in this public sector scam. The NHS Counter Fraud Authority investigation uncovered the scheme after the trust noticed unusually low prices from UML during a tender process and found matching identification numbers on newly delivered medical supplies.