‘Five jobs’ civil servant attended WFH meetings with the camera off

A civil servant accused of receiving £284,613 for five different full time government jobs attended remote meetings with his camera off, a court heard. Kashim Chowdhury, 55, lied repeatedly to get jobs from employers including the Food Standards Agency, the Home Office and the Department for Business and Trade, Southwark crown court has heard. Between February 2020 and September 2023 he held a total of eight different jobs raking in a total of £349,378, jurors heard. When bosses became suspicious…