Three people who worked for a San Gabriel Valley employment placement agency were charged with embezzling government funds after improperly billing Los Angeles County more than $1 million, prosecutors said Thursday.

Salvador Velasquez, 79; Jorge Hernandez, 57; and Benjamin Brus, 42, were each charged with one count each of misappropriation of public funds, embezzlement, grand theft and altering or falsifying a public document, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said in a news statement.

Velasquez — who was the company’s CEO — also faces three counts each of misappropriation of public funds, embezzlement, grand theft and conflict of interest, prosecutors said. All three are set to be arraigned May 31.

The trio worked for what used to be the East San Gabriel Valley Human Services Consortium, also known as LA Works, prosecutors said. The agency used government funds to help people struggling to find work between 2009 and 2014, prosecutors said.

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They’re accused of improperly billing Los Angeles County more than $1 million by directing their staff to alter public records to make it seem they helped more than 180 people seeking work, according to prosecutors.

It turns out none of the participants in two nursing residency programs were unemployed when they were LA Works clients, prosecutors said.

By allegedly altering documents, prosecutors say the agency was able to meet performance measures required in a government contract.

Velasquez is also accused of developing an incentive program that provided annual bonuses to himself and others, including Hernandez and Brus, prosecutors said. The program was tied to meeting county performance measures.

Prosecutors believe Velasquez also convinced LA Works board members to keep him as a consultant after he retired in 2003. He continued to receive benefits including performance incentives and health insurance, according to the release.

If convicted as charged, Velasquez faces a possible maximum sentence of 14 years in prison, while Hernandez and Brus each face up to 10 years in prison, prosecutors said.

The case is under investigation.