A civil servant accused of juggling five full-time government jobs made more than £11,000 in wages in a single month, a court has heard.
Kashim Chowdhury, 55, allegedly lied repeatedly to secure overlapping jobs with employers including the Food Standards Agency, Home Office and Department for Business and Trade.
Between February 2020 and September 2023, he held eight jobs, earning a total of £349,378, Southwark Crown Court heard.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAt the peak of his employment, he allegedly held five full-time posts and was contracted to work 183 hours a week.
Jurors heard Mr Chowdhury received £11,015.62 in take-home wages from five employers in April 2023, followed by another £8,745.88 in May.
Wages into three bank accounts
Donna Pearson, a financial investigator employed by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), examined three bank accounts held in Mr Chowdhury's name with Barclays, Santander and TSB Bank.
Each of Mr Chowdhury's employers paid wages into one of the three accounts, the court heard.
Ms Pearson's analysis identified 31 wage credits from the London borough of Tower Hamlets, totalling £88,656.59.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAnother 30 payments from Defra amounted to £74,500.29.
Jurors heard he also received 13 wage payments from recruitment agency Venn Group totalling £10,850.47, while six payments from the Department of Health and Social Care amounted to £13,914.77.
Six wage credits from the UK Health Security Agency totalled £11,810.31, while another six from the Department for Business and Trade amounted to £10,022.24.
Mr Chowdhury also received six payments from the Food Standards Agency totalling £10,422.36.
Four monthly payments from the Home Office between April and July 2023 amounted to £8,984.20.
Paid by five employers
Lucy Organ, the prosecutor, asked whether the financial analysis showed Mr Chowdhury had received wages from five employers for two months in 2023.
AdvertisementAdvertisementMs Pearson confirmed this was the case, and that the period identified was April and May 2023.
The employers paying him during those months were Defra, the UK Health Security Agency, the Department for Business and Trade, the Food Standards Agency and the Home Office.
Jurors were also shown documents relating to a Santander account opened in 2012. The application contained Mr Chowdhury's name, date of birth and National Insurance number, and gave his occupation as civil servant.
Mr Chowdhury, of Whitechapel, denies nine counts of fraud.
The trial continues.
