England | Birmingham man convicted of providing false statements to SIA

May 30, 2025

Security Industry Authority | A Birmingham man has been ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £612 after pleading guilty to knowingly making false statements to the Security Industry Authority (SIA).

Ahroon Alam submitted a fabricated character reference from a Birmingham food bank as part of his appeal against the SIA’s decision to refuse his application for a door supervisor licence due to his past criminality.

The SIA investigated the validity of this reference, speaking to multiple senior staff within the food bank who confirmed they did not know Mr. Alam and had not provided him with a reference.

Mr. Alam appeared at Birmingham Magistrates’ Court and pleaded guilty at the earliest possible opportunity to his breach of the Private Security Industry Act 2001. The court fined him £80 and ordered him to pay both a £32 victim surcharge and £500 of prosecution costs.

— Accurate at time of publication | May 2025

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