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Kyle Zeeman
BBC News, Johannesburg
South Africa’s Gauteng provincial health department has warned A popular Nigerian cast member of the US reality dating TV show 90 Day Fiancé has been missing in the US since last Friday, his wife says.
residents not to pay healthcare workers directly after a bogus doctor’s alleged attempt Michael Ilesanmi's whereabouts remain unknown after he left the house he shared with his wife without his belongings, his wife, Angela Deem, said in a livestream on TikTok. She says the police have been alerted.
to solicit, in its words, "a bribe" at the country’s biggest hospital. The couple met on Facebook and got married in 2020, but Mr Ilesanmi's US visa applications were initially unsuccessful.
The woman, reportedly wore green scrubs which had the name "Dr Zulu" printed on them, is alleged to have asked a patient’s escort at Chris Hani Baragwanath He finally obtained a visa and joined Ms Deem in the US state of Georgia last December.
Hospital to give her 700 rand ($36; £29) for assistance. Fans of 90 Day Fiancé are speculating on the circumstances of the disappearance, as the couple's relationship was often portrayed as physically and verbally abusive on the show and its spin-offs.
The escort grew suspicious when the woman, who has not been named, said they should The show airs on the TLC cable channel, and follows US couples in relationships with foreigners.
meet at a pedestrian gate to make the payment. They usually have 90 days to get married from the time they obtain an American K-1 fiancé visa.
When approached, she was unable to produce her credentials,
and later arrested. The woman posing as a medic has not yet spoken about the incident.
The Gauteng health department urged members of the public to be aware of such
scams.
"If there are any fees payable in the hospital, this will be
done at patient administration and an invoice will be issued to indicate
exactly what the patient is paying for," it said in a statement.
People pretending to be registered medics have become a major concern in
South Africa, with the health ministry saying last year that more than 120 people had been arrested in connection with allegedly bogus qualifications over the previous three years.
Popular TikToker Matthew Lani last year claimed to be a registered medical doctor with a degree from Wits University in Johannesburg, but this was denied by the institution and the country’s Health Professions Council of
South Africa. He later admitted that he was not a doctor, then charges that he had impersonated a medic were dropped.
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