FORMER DEPARTMENT OF LABOR EMPLOYEE SENTENCED FOR FRAUDULENTLY OBTAINING OVER $40,000 IN PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE BENEFITS

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:

BOSTON - A former employee of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for fraudulently obtaining over $40,000 in pandemic unemployment assistance (PUA) benefits.

Mo Yuong Kang, 51,formerly of Woburn and Dracut, Mass., was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Brian E. Murphy to one year of probation. The defendant was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $45,868 and forfeiture in the amount of $45,868.In May 2026, Kang pleaded guilty to four counts of wire fraud after being indicted by a federal grand juryin August 2025.

Kang worked as an Ind...