JESUS FUCKING CHRISTCivil servant ‘held three full-time jobs simultaneously’
Kashim Chowdhury, who is accused of lying about his employment to six government bodies, denies all charges
Ali Mitib
, News Reporter |
Ben Ellery
, Crime Editor
Wednesday April 23 2025, 8.10pm BST, The Times
Kashim Chowdhury has been released on bail and is facing a maximum jail sentence of ten years
JAMIE LORRIMAN
A civil servant accused of simultaneously holding multiple full-time jobs at different government departments has denied nine counts of fraud.
Kashim Chowdhury, 54, is accused of working full-time at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and Tower Hamlets council.
He is accused of lying about his employment to six government bodies from 2020 to 2023, including the Home Office and the Department for Business and Trade.
Chowdhury, of Whitechapel, east London, is also accused of defrauding the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Venn Group, a recruitment firm acting on behalf of East London NHS Trust.
Southwark crown court heard that between June 2020 and June 2022 Chowdhury allegedly committed fraud by making a false representation to Defra that he had stopped working at Tower Hamlets council on June 15, 2020.
He is also accused of telling the council between April 2021 and June 2022 that he had no additional employment and of telling Venn he was not “providing services to any other third party” during his contracted hours.
Additionally, Chowdhury is accused of making a false representation to Defra that he was not “impeded in fulfilling” his contracted hours. He also allegedly told DHSC, the Home Office and the trade department he was not already a civil servant.
Chowdhury is accused of defrauding the Department of Health and Social Care
ALAMY
He is alleged to have told UKHSA and the FSA that he had not entered contracted employment since leaving Tower Hamlets council.
It is not clear whether Chowdhury was working from home full-time.
Chowdhury, who wore a black parka with a fur-trim hood to court, only spoke to confirm his name and deny the charges. The former civil servant, who first appeared at Westminster magistrates’ court on January 6 this year, was released on unconditional bail ahead of his trial on October 12 next year. If found guilty, he could face a maximum custodial sentence of ten years’ imprisonment.
• Civil servants: Three days in office does not work for us
In March, a report by the National Fraud Initiative, a UK government programme conducted by the Cabinet Office that uses data matching to prevent and detect fraud, found that “polygamous working” had become an “emerging risk area” due to changes to working practices since the pandemic. The report noted: “There is even more opportunity for individuals to commit fraud by gaining employment with several local authorities at the same time, but failing to fulfil all of the roles.”
Civil servants are expected to spend at least 60 per cent of their working week at a government building or on official business. However, data from the Cabinet Office shows that less than half of Whitehall departments met the target at the end of last year. A survey of 7,000 staff, conducted by the FDA, a civil service union, found more than three quarters felt the enforced return to the workplace “has not been beneficial”.
Almost two thirds said the rule had decreased their productivity and the same proportion argued that they had seen “no improvement” in teamworking. Some argued that they could do online meetings from home, were unhappy with the lack of desks and found technology to be substandard.
average east london residentMan accused of having multiple jobs at the same time denies fraud
Former civil servant Kashim Chowdhury, 54, from east London, has denied nine counts of fraud after being accused of holding down multiple taxpayer-funded jobs at the same time.www.dailymail.co.uk
Civil servant ‘held three full-time jobs simultaneously’
Kashim Chowdhury, who is accused of lying about his employment to six government bodies, denies all charges
Ali Mitib
, News Reporter |
Ben Ellery
, Crime Editor
Wednesday April 23 2025, 8.10pm BST, The Times
Kashim Chowdhury has been released on bail and is facing a maximum jail sentence of ten years
JAMIE LORRIMAN
A civil servant accused of simultaneously holding multiple full-time jobs at different government departments has denied nine counts of fraud.
Kashim Chowdhury, 54, is accused of working full-time at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and Tower Hamlets council.
He is accused of lying about his employment to six government bodies from 2020 to 2023, including the Home Office and the Department for Business and Trade.
Chowdhury, of Whitechapel, east London, is also accused of defrauding the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Venn Group, a recruitment firm acting on behalf of East London NHS Trust.
Southwark crown court heard that between June 2020 and June 2022 Chowdhury allegedly committed fraud by making a false representation to Defra that he had stopped working at Tower Hamlets council on June 15, 2020.
He is also accused of telling the council between April 2021 and June 2022 that he had no additional employment and of telling Venn he was not “providing services to any other third party” during his contracted hours.
Additionally, Chowdhury is accused of making a false representation to Defra that he was not “impeded in fulfilling” his contracted hours. He also allegedly told DHSC, the Home Office and the trade department he was not already a civil servant.
Chowdhury is accused of defrauding the Department of Health and Social Care
ALAMY
He is alleged to have told UKHSA and the FSA that he had not entered contracted employment since leaving Tower Hamlets council.
It is not clear whether Chowdhury was working from home full-time.
Chowdhury, who wore a black parka with a fur-trim hood to court, only spoke to confirm his name and deny the charges. The former civil servant, who first appeared at Westminster magistrates’ court on January 6 this year, was released on unconditional bail ahead of his trial on October 12 next year. If found guilty, he could face a maximum custodial sentence of ten years’ imprisonment.
• Civil servants: Three days in office does not work for us
In March, a report by the National Fraud Initiative, a UK government programme conducted by the Cabinet Office that uses data matching to prevent and detect fraud, found that “polygamous working” had become an “emerging risk area” due to changes to working practices since the pandemic. The report noted: “There is even more opportunity for individuals to commit fraud by gaining employment with several local authorities at the same time, but failing to fulfil all of the roles.”
Civil servants are expected to spend at least 60 per cent of their working week at a government building or on official business. However, data from the Cabinet Office shows that less than half of Whitehall departments met the target at the end of last year. A survey of 7,000 staff, conducted by the FDA, a civil service union, found more than three quarters felt the enforced return to the workplace “has not been beneficial”.
Almost two thirds said the rule had decreased their productivity and the same proportion argued that they had seen “no improvement” in teamworking. Some argued that they could do online meetings from home, were unhappy with the lack of desks and found technology to be substandard.
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