UK civil servant found guilty of fraud over five simultaneous jobs

British civil servant Kashim Chowdhury, 56, has been found guilty of nine counts of fraud for secretly holding five simultaneous government jobs, earning over £284,000 in taxpayers' money. Chowdhury, from east London, was convicted after a jury found him guilty of eight counts of fraud by false representation and one count of fraud by failing to disclose information.

The prosecution accused him of "deliberate, intentional dishonesty" and exploiting the system by providing inaccurate employment information and failing to disclose his multiple positions to government departments. Chowdhury's actions, which included working 183 hours weekly, were motivated by his fear of losing his livelihood after experiencing insecure employment in the past and his post-traumatic stress disorder following redundancy from a job at the Department for Education in 2013.

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