Kim Dae-Sung (36), a Korean SSA employee, pleaded guilty to attempting to induce a Social Security beneficiary to cross state lines for prostitution, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts. U.S. District Court Judge Margaret R. Guzman scheduled his sentencing for June 10, 2025.
Prosecutors revealed that in March 2024, Kim, a Korean national living in Auburn, Massachusetts, met the victim at the Gardner SSA field office. She had visited the office to apply for Social Security benefits after losing her job. After redirecting her to an SSA office in another state, he later used the agency’s system to obtain her phone number and contacted her.
During a monitored call that same month, Kim suggested they could “help each other out” and proposed paying her $100 for sex. Over multiple text messages, he encouraged her to travel to Massachusetts and meet him at a hotel parking lot.
By October 2024, investigators set up a meeting at the agreed location. When Kim arrived, law enforcement officers confronted and arrested him.
The charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, along with three years of supervised release and a $250,000 fine.
U.S. Attorney Leah B. Foley and Amy Connelly, Special Agent-in-Charge of the SSA Office of the Inspector General, Office of Investigations, Boston Field Division, announced the case. Homeland Security Investigations, as well as the Fitchburg and Gardner Police Departments, assisted in the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Brendan D. O’Shea and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney James J. Nagelberg are handling the prosecution.
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BY YEOL JANG [jang.yeol@koreadaily.com]
