UK civil servant guilty of fraud over multiple jobs
The gist
UK civil servant Kashim Chowdhury was found guilty of nine fraud counts over overlapping public sector jobs.
He held eight full-time roles earning £350,000, raising questions over remote staff monitoring.
How it unfolded
- 2013Chowdhury was made redundant from a job at the Department for Education and was given a diagnosis of PTSD.
- Feb 2020He began working for Tower Hamlets Council.
- Apr 2021He took a second job with Defra; the two roles overlapped for more than a year.
Key terms
- civil servant
- A person employed in the public sector by a government department or agency, hired rather than elected.
- PTSD
- A mental disorder developing after a traumatic event, with symptoms like disturbing thoughts and avoidance lasting over a month.
Source: Wikipedia