Dispensing optometrist erased from GOC registers

Nottinghamshire-based dispensing optician Tendai Moyo has been erased from the General Optical Council (GOC) registers after it found she had misappropriated funds from her employer by way of fraudulent cash refunds.

A fitness to practise committee chaired by Lady Margaret Wall said: ‘This was a prolonged and calculated defrauding of an employer by a store manager involving an abuse of trust. It was dishonesty which was covered up until discovered.

‘There has been an evasion of the justice system. There has been a serious departure from professional standards. The misconduct in this case is fundamentally incompatible with remaining on the register, in light of the need to uphold proper professional standards and confidence in the profession.’