A former employee of the Vocational Security and Health Management of Massachusetts (OSHA) was charged on Tuesday in connection with the acquisition of over $ 45,000 in Pandemic unemployment benefits, said the US public prosecutor's office at Massachusetts.
The 50 -year -old Mo Yuong Kang, formerly from Woburn and Dracut, is charged with wire fraud, the US law firm said in a press release.
From June 2016 to July 2023, Kang worked as an industrial hygienist for Osha and earned annual salaries of just less than $ 87,000 and less than 91,000 US dollars, said the US law firm. He is accused of submitting an application for false unemployment in April 2020, although he has employment with the federal government with the federal government.
In the application, Kang claimed that he was “independent, an independent contractor or a gig worker”, whose ability to work was normally hindered by the Covid 19 pandemic, said the US public prosecutor. He is also said to have said that since March 8, 2020, he has not earned more than $ 89 a week.
Kang's unemployment application was approved, and by September 2021 he entered the Federal Government weekly certifications and claimed that he had not worked or earned this week, said the US law firm. Based on his application certifications, he received $ 45,868 of the Pandemic unemployment benefits in Covid-19, which he was not entitled to.
Kang is up to 20 years ago in prison, three years overlooked and a fine of up to 250,000 US dollars if it is convicted of wire fraud. His indictment in front of a federal court in Boston is not yet planned.
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