An ex-civil servant has appeared before a court to deny claiming to be a GCHQ intelligence analyst, the Cabinet Office’s ‘Head of Western Balkans’, and a National Crime Agency chief of staff.
Ifthikhar Alam, 25, stood before Westminster Magistrates’ Court today and entered not guilty pleas to three counts of fraud by false representation to gain employment.
Alam, formerly a Cabinet Office and National Crime Agency (NCA) employee, denied lying about his employment history between October 14, 2021, and February 4, 2025, by falsely representing he had been employed as an intelligence analyst for GCHQ.
Ifthikhar Alam, 25, pictured, stood before Westminster Magistrates’ Court today and entered not guilty pleas to three counts of fraud by false representation to gain employment
Alam, formerly a Cabinet Office and National Crime Agency (NCA) employeen denied lying about his employment history between October 14, 2021, and February 4, 2025
The 25-year-old of Camberwell, south London, also pleaded not guilty to lying about his role and experience gained while working in the Cabinet Office, including about being its ‘Head of Western Balkans’ between February 25, 2024, and December 31, 2024.
Wearing a white shirt and navy jacket, Alam further denied lying about being chief of staff to the digital, data and technology director and to the technology director and senior manager in the investigatory powers unit for the NCA between January 8 2024 and April 30 2024.
The court was told the allegations concern his application for the role of deputy director at the Joint Maritime Security Centre, a government body which monitors threats around UK waters.
District Judge Annabel Pilling bailed Alam and he will next appear at a hearing at Southwark Crown Court on May 29.
