Home Office official Zubair Mithun kept family and friends updated on visa progress

A Home Office official who spent five years sharing information on visa applications to his friends and family has walked free from court. Zubair Mithun, 38, accessed information relating to five individuals between June 2019 and January 2024. Mithun qualified as a barrister in 2013 but was took a job with the Home Office after failing to secure a pupillage, Southwark Crown Court heard Alice Holloway, prosecuting, said there were five breaches over a five year period. ‘He disclosed unauthorised…