Civil Servant Accused of Secretly Working Five Jobs at Once
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A man named Kashim Chowdhury worked for the government. He is accused of doing something wrong.
A court heard that he said he was sick. But he was not really sick.
He wanted to work from home. From home, he did five different jobs at the same time.
All five jobs were government jobs. He got money from all of them.
This is called fraud. Fraud means lying to get money or things.
People say he was dishonest about his work. He did not tell the truth.
The case is still in court. No one knows the final result yet.
Vocabulary10 words
- court
- a place where judges decide if someone broke the law
- fraud
- lying to get money or something you should not have
- dishonest
- not telling the truth
- accused
- said to have done something wrong
- government
- the group of people who run a country
- civil servant
- a person who works for the government
- illness
- being sick
- juggle
- to do many things at the same time
- case
- a problem that a court looks at
- result
- what happens at the end
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Answer key
1. He is a civil servant 2. To work from home and do five jobs 3. True
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A man named Kashim Chowdhury worked for the _____.
A court heard that he said he was _____.
He wanted to work from _____.
From home, he did _____ different jobs at the same time.
All five jobs were _____ jobs.
He got _____ from all of them.
This is called _____.
Fraud means lying to get money or _____.
People say he was _____ about his work.
The case is still in _____.
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