# The fraudster paid £350,000 to do FIVE jobs across the Civil Service… and no one noticed because he was working from home (at his £2.1million east London house!)

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-fraudster-paid-350000-to-do-five-jobs-across-the-civil-service-and-no-one-noticed-because-he-was-working-from-home-at-his-2-1million-east-london-house/
- Published: 2026-11-10T08:58:41+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-10T09:21:04+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/lifestyle/article-16279487/The-fraudster-paid-350-000-FIVE-jobs-Civil-Service-no-one-noticed-working-home-2-1million-east-London-house.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Business, Economy, World

## Key points

- Chowdhury was convicted of nine fraud offences.
- He held eight overlapping Civil Service jobs.
- He was paid nearly £350,000 over more than three years.

## Summary

Kashim Chowdhury was found guilty of nine fraud offences after holding overlapping jobs across several government departments and collecting multiple salaries for more than three and a half years. The case matters because he was able to keep the roles despite poor performance and apparently routine employment details, raising questions about how departments checked staff and coordinated payroll.

Chowdhury, 56, held eight overlapping Civil Service posts and at one point had five jobs, with a combined workload of 183 contracted hours a week. He received £349,378.81, while managers described his work as exceptionally poor, passive or ineffective; the article says no official explanation was available for how the arrangement continued.

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