Civil servant found guilty of having five jobs 'stabbed his mother with scissors', court hears

A civil servant who was found guilty of fraud after working five jobs at the same time has been accused of bullying his mother and stabbing her with scissors, a court has heard.Kashim Chowdhury, a 56-year-old civil servant from Whitechapel in east London, was convicted of nine counts of fraud after secretly holding five full-time government positions at once, pocketing £284,613 in illicit earnings.Chowdhury exploited the remote working arrangements that became widespread during the Covid-19 pandemic, deceiving a string of public sector employers about his true employment status between February 2020 and September 2023.Prosecutor Lucy Organ told the court his conduct demonstrated "a dishonest, consistent and intentional approach" to...

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