UK man convicted of fraud for secretly working five government jobs at once.
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A 56-year-old civil servant in the United Kingdom, UK, 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.
Chowdhury, from east London, held five overlapping government positions in the spring of 2023, concealing his multiple employment arrangements from the departments that hired him.
After seven hours of deliberation, a jury unanimously found him guilty of eight counts of fraud by false representation and one count of fraud by failure to disclose. The prosecution accused Chowdhury of “deliberate, intentional dishonesty” and “exploiting the system” to secure multiple salaries from public sector employers. During the proceedings, the judge said Chowdhury faced a “very significant custodial sentence”. He also refused him bail, citing the seriousness of the offences and Chowdhury’s own wellbeing.
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