Civil servant who secretly held five jobs found guilty of fraud

A civil servant who secretly held multiple public sector jobs on full-time salaries has been found guilty of nine counts of fraud. Kashim Chowdhury, from east London, had five government jobs that overlapped in the spring of 2023. He fraudulently earned more than £284,000 of taxpayers' money.

After seven hours of deliberation, the jury unanimously found Chowdhury guilty of eight counts of fraud by false representation and one count of fraud by a failure to disclose. Between 2020 and 2023 Kashim Chowdhury had eight full-time public sector roles that overlapped and earned him £350,000 in total. The prosecution told the court that on application forms he provided inaccurate information about his employment status and failed to disclose to government departments that he was already a civil servant.

Once he secured the roles he didn't tell his employers he was working elsewhere. He was allowed to work entirely from home because he told his employers he was caring for his mother, whom he lived with in east London. She had dementia and was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2023.