A New York City doctor who worked for the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) at World Trade Center Monitoring Clinics has been arrested and charged with stealing $156,757 in unearned salary.
Michael Poyin Chang, 59, of Paramus, New Jersey, was arrested on charges of engaging in a scheme to steal wages in connection with his employment by the FDNY at World Trade Center Monitoring Clinics in Orange County, New York, and Queens, New York.
According to the complaint, from June 2010 through December 16, 2016, Dr. Chang was a part-time employee of the FDNY. He was paid based upon the entries he made reporting his work hours in the CityTime electronic database.
Dr. Chang falsely represented that he had worked 81 days between January 2011 and October 2016, when he was scheduled to be on vacation and the World Trade Center Orange County Annex was closed. His travel records show that he was travelling outside the United States on at least 34 of those 81 days.
Dr. Chang reported via CityTime that he had worked an additional 220 days when his prearranged work schedules maintained by the FDNY Deputy Chief Medical Officer showed that he was neither scheduled to work nor see patients.
The World Trade Center Monitoring Clinic and its annexes were partially funded by the federal Center for Disease Control in each of the years Dr. Chang was employed by the FDNY.
If convicted, Dr. Chang faces up to 10 years’ imprisonment.
Defendant: Michael Poyin Chang, Age: 59, Residence: Paramus, New Jersey
Criminal Charges: Engaging in a scheme to steal wages
City and State: New York
Date: June 2010 through December 16, 2016
Sentence or Outcome: Up to 10 years’ imprisonment for $156,757 in unearned salary theft
$156,757 in unearned salary
Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: Public Corruption
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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