Civil servant 'fraudulently juggled five government jobs using remote work and sick notes'
Prosecutors say he used remote work and sick notes to hide overlapping full-time roles and earn nearly £350,000 from eight employers.
- Civil servant Kashim Chowdhury appeared at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday for the opening of his trial, where prosecutors accused him of fraud for holding multiple full-time government jobs simultaneously.
- Prosecutors allege Chowdhury 'exploited' work-from-home culture that emerged during the Covid-19 pandemic, using sick leave to manage eight concurrent roles that earned him nearly £350,000 between February 2020 and September 2023.
- In one 'laughable' incident, prosecutor Lucy Organ said Chowdhury wore white make-up during a video call to feign illness; UKHSA manager Aleesha Adams noticed the make-up separating, revealing his real skin underneath.
- At one point, Chowdhury was contracted to work 183 hours a week across five roles—more hours than exist in a seven-day period, jurors heard.
- After the National Fraud Initiative alerted Defra to discrepancies in his three bank accounts, Chowdhury denies nine counts of fraud.
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A UK civil servant, Kashim Chowdhury, allegedly juggled five full-time government jobs, earned £349,378 across eight roles between 2020 and 2023, and was contracted to work 183 hours a week
A UK civil servant allegedly earned £349,378 across eight government jobs between February 2020 and September 2023. Kashim Chowdhury, 55, reportedly held five full-time roles simultaneously and was contracted to work 183 hours a week. He is accused of fraudulently securing positions at several government departments and denies nine counts of fraud.
Civil servant 'exploited remote work and sick notes' to juggle jobs, court told
Kashim Chowdhury is said to have lied about his employment for several months, even going as far as applying white makeup to appear ill during an video call with a manager to discuss his absence, a court heard
UK Man Secretly Worked 5 Government Jobs At Once, Used Makeup To Fake Being Sick
Kashim Chowdhury, 55, from Whitechapel in east London, is accused of fraudulently securing multiple full-time roles across government departments and public bodies between 2020 and 2023.
London news: Civil servant ‘used remote working to fraudulently juggle' multiple Whitehall jobs
A civil servant used remote working and sick notes to fraudulently juggle multiple jobs, prosecutors say.At one point, Kashim Chowdhury was contracted to work 183 hours a week for five jobs, more hours than actually exist in seven days, jurors at Southwark Crown Court were told.The 55-year-old, from Whitechapel, east London, is accused of lying about his employment status to get a string of overlapping full-time roles across government departmen…
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