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Civil servant who juggled five jobs found guilty of fraud
Prosecutors said he concealed eight overlapping roles and earned more than £284,000 while working up to 183 hours a week.
- On Monday, his 56th birthday, civil servant Kashim Chowdhury was convicted at Southwark Crown Court of nine counts of fraud after holding up to five full-time government jobs simultaneously.
- Prosecutors said Chowdhury "exploited" work-from-home practices to conceal his employment status, lying about his history to secure overlapping roles between 2020 and 2023 while claiming he needed flexibility to care for his "unwell" mother.
- At his peak in May 2023, Chowdhury was contracted for 183 hours weekly—exceeding the 168 hours in seven days—and fraudulently obtained more than £284,000 while occasionally using make-up on video calls to feign illness.
- Following the verdict, the judge warned Chowdhury he faces a "very significant custodial sentence," while the Crown Prosecution Service confirmed it will seek to reclaim earnings through the Proceeds of Crime Act.
- Routine database audits by the National Fraud Initiative eventually exposed Chowdhury's deception, uncovering his withheld employment history and highlighting vulnerabilities in vetting procedures when remote working arrangements mask simultaneous full-time contracts.
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UK man convicted of fraud for secretly working five government jobs at once
A 56-year-old civil servant in the United Kingdom, Kashim Chowdhury has been convicted of nine counts of fraud after secretly holding multiple full-time government jobs and fraudulently earning more than £284,000 in taxpayers' money.
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Civil servant who juggled FIVE Whitehall jobs found guilty
Civil servant who juggled FIVE Whitehall jobs found guilty . A civil servant is facing an immediate jail term after being found guilty of fraud for using remote working and sick notes to juggle up to five full-time Government jobs at the same time
·London, United Kingdom
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