"During an investigation into fraudulent unemployment assistance, federal law enforcement asked Tran about a false letter he gave to unemployment agency officials in an attempt to have his benefits reinstated after they were temporarily suspended, said prosecutors."
"Tran "made material misrepresentations" of the letter and claimed that his sister was the sole author of the letter, but in actuality, Tran revised and signed the letter in his sister's name, said the U.S. Attorney's Office."
""Obstruction of justice, at a minimum, prolongs an investigation and costs the American taxpayers thousands of additional dollars. In"
Dean Tran, 50, pleaded guilty in December 2025 to one count of obstruction of justice and one count of making a false statement after lying about the authorship of a pandemic unemployment letter. He revised and signed a letter in his sister's name to attempt reinstatement of suspended benefits. In September 2024, he was found guilty of fraudulently collecting pandemic unemployment assistance and omitting consulting and rental income from his 2020–2022 tax returns, and he received an 18-month sentence in February 2025. He was sentenced to an additional 11 months, with 10 months concurrent and one month consecutive. His sister pleaded guilty to obstruction in January 2026 and is scheduled for sentencing on May 13, 2026.
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