What are the penalties for fraudulently collecting unemployment benefits?
What are the penalties for fraudulently collecting unemployment benefits?
Your benefit year may be terminated and any remaining rights to benefits canceled.
For all (re)determinations, decisions and orders of intentional misrepresentation issued on orafter July 1, 2018, the penalty assessed is 1 times the amount obtained for the first offense, 1.5 times the amount obtained for the second or subsequent offense and 4 times the amount obtained for cases involving identity theft.
For determinations issued prior July 1, 2018, and redeterminations of determinations issued prior to July 1, 2018, the fraud penalties will continue to be 2 times the overpayment if the amount obtained was less than $500.00 and 4 times the overpayment if the obtained amount was $500.00 or more.