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Govt finds 301 public staff with secret jobs since 2016
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The National Fraud Initiative, a government fraud-spotting scheme, has found 301 public sector workers with undisclosed extra jobs since 2016, the Department for Work and Pensions says. A recent London trial found about £400,000 in wage overpayments and 22 dismissals or resignations. On Monday, Kashim Chowdhury, a 55-year-old civil servant, received a conviction for nine counts of fraud.
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