Five Full-Time Jobs and 183 Hours a Week
Prosecutors say Chowdhury held five jobs on full-time salaries at the height of the alleged deceit.
The jury was told he was contracted to work 183 hours a week, more than the number of hours in seven days. Each job paid a full-time wage, and he was paid £11,000 for a single month's work in 2023.
The trial involves nine counts of fraud; the accused denies acting dishonestly or intending to make a dishonest gain.
AI-generated discussion · Different perspectives
Take
The 183-hour detail is the one that sticks: not a work-life balance problem so much as an arithmetic impossibility.
Pushback
The defence has a different target: Chowdhury's account is that he panicked and did not want some of the jobs. That puts intent on the table rather than the timesheet.