Former State Senator Dean Tran Arrested for Pandemic Unemployment Fraud

Tran faces charges for allegedly collecting over $30,000 in fraudulent benefits, failing to report over $50,000 in consulting income, and concealing rental income from the IRS.

Former Massachusetts State Senator Dean Tran has been arrested and charged with fraudulently collecting over $30,000 in COVID-19 pandemic unemployment benefits and filing false tax returns.
Tran is accused of applying for pandemic unemployment benefits after he had already accepted a consulting job with a New Hampshire-based automotive parts company.
He is also accused of failing to report over $50,000 in consulting income on his 2021 federal income tax return.
Tran is further charged with concealing rental income from the IRS, money collected from tenants from 2020 to 2022.
The charges against Tran include 25 counts of wire fraud and three counts of filing false tax returns.

U.S. Department of Justice