Civil servant 'earned nearly £350,000' from five full-time public sector jobs at once, a court has heard, in a fraud case that has ignited a fierce online row over remote work, state oversight and what counts as a crime in the modern workplace.
According to a report from the BBC, 55-year-old Kashim Chowdhury appeared at Southwark Crown Court facing nine counts of fraud after allegedly securing multiple overlapping government roles between February 2020 and September 2023.