Dae Sung Kim, 36, of Auburn, Massachusetts, a former Social Security Administration employee, was sentenced to six months in prison and five years of supervised release for attempting to coerce a woman seeking benefits into prostitution.
Kim pleaded guilty in February 2025 to one count of attempting to induce a person to travel across state lines for prostitution.
United States Attorney Leah B. Foley called Kim’s actions a “brazen abuse of power.” He exploited his SSA position to access personal information of a vulnerable woman who had recently lost her job and was seeking disability benefits.
The scheme began in March 2024 when Kim met the victim at the Gardner SSA field office. Using her personal information from SSA records, he contacted her on his private cell phone, claiming he understood her “difficult situation” and suggested they “could work something out that would benefit them both.”
The investigation revealed that Kim attempted to pay the woman for sex, negotiating via texts and calls over several months. Law enforcement, impersonating the victim, monitored the communications.
In October 2024, Kim arranged for the woman to travel from her home in another state to a hotel parking lot in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, where he offered her $100 for sex in his car. Upon arrival, law enforcement arrested him.
“This kind of predatory behavior has no place in public service, or anywhere else,” Foley said, underscoring her office’s commitment to combating commercial exploitation. Michelle Anderson, Acting Inspector General for the SSA, called Kim’s conduct a “shocking abuse of power,” noting that he “attempted to exploit a vulnerable, disabled mother.”
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