Individual Fraud

Examples of claimant/worker fraud include:

• Providing false information to obtain unemployment benefits
• Returning to full-time work but continuing to receive unemployment benefits
• Working part-time but not reporting gross earnings to the State, thereby collecting more benefits than allowed

Consequences of claimant unemployment insurance fraud may include:

• Repaying benefits received
• 15% penalty based on the amount of the overpayment
• Losing eligibility to receive benefits now and in the future
• Forfeiting state and federal income tax refunds
• Criminal charges, jail time, felony or misdemeanor conviction