{
  "id": 19180989,
  "title": "UK civil servant found guilty of fraud over five simultaneous jobs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/uk-civil-servant-found-guilty-of-fraud-over-five-simultaneous-jobs-19180989",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-09T17:15:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
    "slug": "punch",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/uk-civil-servant-found-guilty-of-fraud-over-five-simultaneous-jobs/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Sky News",
        "title": "Civil servant who juggled up to five government jobs guilty of fraud",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/civil-servant-who-juggled-up-to-five-government-jobs-guilty-of-fraud",
        "published": "2026-11-09T15:17:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "Civil servant who juggled five jobs found guilty of fraud",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/civil-servant-who-juggled-five-jobs-found-guilty-of-fraud",
        "published": "2026-11-09T15:33:35.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "UK civil servant who held 5 government jobs simultaneously found guilty of fraud",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/uk-civil-servant-who-held-5-government-jobs-simultaneously-found",
        "published": "2026-11-09T18:23:46.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}