India, Oct. 22 -- US officials detained an Indian-origin man on charges of "grand larceny" last week after discovering he was working two jobs at one time.

Mehul Goswami, 39, has been accused of "stealing" over $50,000 in taxpayer funds by working a second job in the town of Malta while on the clock and working remotely for the New York State Office of Information Technology Services. He is now facing up to 15 years in prison for the non-bailable class C felony.

He started working on a second job in March 2022 as a contractor for GlobalFoundries in Malta. According to the Saratoga County Sheriff's Office, Goswami worked for the semiconductor firm while employed by the state of New York.

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