FALSE STATEMENT FOR BENEFITS, FAILURE TO DISCLOSE MATERIAL FACT.

A. Whoever makes a false statement or representation knowing it to be false or knowingly fails to disclose a material fact, to obtain or increase any benefit or other payment under this act or under the unemployment compensation law of any state or of the federal government, either for the individual or for any other person, shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment; and each such false statement or representation or failure to disclose a material fact shall constitute a separate offense for each week of benefits.

B. If a person is convicted of the crime described in subsection A of this section in a particular benefit year, and in any subsequent benefit year that person again commits the crime described in subsection A of this section, that person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment for not more than one hundred eighty (180) days, or by both fine and imprisonment. Each such false statement or representation or failure to disclose a material fact shall constitute a separate offense for each week of benefits.

C. Upon conviction sentences may be suspended or upon a plea of guilty judgment and sentencing may be deferred only upon the condition of full restitution to the Commission of all benefits so obtained or the excess of any benefits so increased.

Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 5-102, eff. July 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 2002, c. 452, § 29, eff. Nov. 1, 2002.