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Social Security worker in Mass. charged with trying to pressure beneficiary into prostitution
Dae Sung Kim, 35, of Auburn was arrested Monday, according to federal authorities.
A Massachusetts man working for the Social Security Administration was arrested Monday and charged with attempting to pressure a program beneficiary into prostituting herself, authorities announced.
Dae Sung Kim, 35, of Auburn is charged with one count of attempting to induce a person to travel in interstate commerce to engage in prostitution, the office of Acting U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Joshua Levy said in a statement.
Federal prosecutors said that in March 2024, Kim handled an in-person visit at the Social Security Administration’s office in Gardner with a woman seeking benefits after losing her job. He referred her to another Social Security office closer to her residence in another state, according to Levy’s office, but later, Kim allegedly called the woman using the number he found in the administration’s computer system.
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“Kim allegedly indicated that he understood she was in a difficult situation and stated that maybe they could ‘work something out’ that would benefit them both,” Levy’s office said.
In a call later that month, the 35-year-old Social Security employee allegedly told the woman over the phone in a call monitored by law enforcement that they could “help each other out.” He allegedly proposed paying her for sex, and in subsequent text messages, told her to travel to Massachusetts, offering her $100 to have sex in a car in a hotel parking lot.
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Levy’s office said Kim was confronted by law enforcement when he traveled to the designated parking lot in October 2024.
According to prosecutors, the charge of attempting to induce a person to travel in interstate commerce to engage in prostitution can result in a sentence of up to 20 years in prison.
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