Civil servant wore make up so he could juggle five jobs from home, court hears
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Kashim Chowdhury is accused of fraudulently juggling multiple government jobs while working from home.
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Kashim Chowdhury allegedly juggled five government jobs A civil servant is accused of earning almost £350,000 a year by juggling five full-time public sector roles - using sick notes and working from home to cope with the workload. Kashim Chowdhury allegedly held multiple government jobs between February 2020 and September 2023. The jury at Southwark Crown Court has been told he wore white make up during a video call with his boss to try to look ill, but the makeup began peeling off his skin. Chowdury, a 55-year-old from east London, is on trial accused of nine counts of fraud, which he denies. He denies acting dishonestly or intending to make a dishonest gain. The jury was told that Chowdhury got jobs by making ''false representations'' about his employment status whilst applying. Over three years he held overlapping jobs at Tower Hamlets Council in east London, the Home Office, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), the UK Health Security Agency and the…