A FORMER council senior officer has been fined more than £30,000 after facing charges of housing fraud.

Kathryn Adedeji, 46, of Dickson Road, London, worked for Thurrock Council and was charged with conspiracy to defraud a housing association and dishonest subletting.

She will have to pay a penalty fine of £10,000 and has 28 days to pay this and also prosecution charges of £23,000 and has six months to pay this.

The charges, which were brought under the Prevention of Social Housing Fraud Act 2013, follow an investigation by the council’s fraud team.

Adedeji was suspended by the council in December 2015, the Gazette reported, as part of the internal investigation.