A Georgia man yesterday appeared in federal court in Springfield to face charges connected with his submission of a fraudulent application for employment at a Western Massachusetts hospital.

Fabrizio I. Pluchino, 55, of Atlanta, Georgia, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Springfield on Oct. 25 on one count of using a falsely obtained Social Security numbers and one count of wire fraud.

According to the indictment that was unsealed this week, Pluchino was assigned a Social Security number in 1988 and subsequently falsely obtained two additional Social Security numbers in 1991 and 2000, respectively. Pluchino used one of his falsely obtained Social Security numbers on pre-employment documents when he applied to be a cardiac surgical technologist at a Western Massachusetts hospital in November 2013.

He also falsely represented his work history and provided two false employment references. As a result, the hospital hired Pluchino for the position and paid Pluchino more than $190,000 in wages during his employment.