2002 Minnesota Statutes

     268.182 False representations; concealment of facts; 
  penalty. 

    (a) Whoever obtains, or attempts to obtain, or aids or 
 abets any individual to obtain by means of an intentional false 
 statement or representation, by intentional concealment of a 
 material fact, or by impersonation or other fraudulent means, 
 unemployment benefits that the individual is not entitled or 
 unemployment benefits greater than the individual is entitled 
 under this chapter, or under the law of any state or of the 
 federal government, either personally or for any other 
 individual, is guilty of theft and shall be sentenced pursuant 
 to section 609.52.  

    (b) Any individual who intentionally makes a false 
 statement or representation, who intentionally fails to disclose 
 a material fact, or who makes a false statement or 
 representation without a good faith belief as to the correctness 
 of the statement or representation, in order to obtain or in an 
 attempt to obtain unemployment benefits may be assessed an 
 administrative penalty of denial of unemployment benefits for 
 one to 52 weeks that the individual would otherwise be entitled 
 to unemployment benefits.  A denial shall not apply to any week 
 more than two years after the week that the penalty was 
 determined.  A written determination of denial shall be mailed 
 to the individual's last known address.  Unless an appeal is 
 filed within 30 calendar days of mailing, the determination 
 shall be final.  Proceeding on the appeal shall be conducted in 
 accordance with section 268.105.  

    (c)    Renumbered 268.184, paragraph (e)  

    HIST: Ex1936 c 2 s 16; 1941 c 554 s 15; 1951 c 442 s 11; 1953 
 c 97 s 18; 1969 c 567 s 3; 1973 c 254 s 3; 1975 c 336 s 24; 1977 
 c 4 s 10; 1977 c 430 s 25 subd 1; 1979 c 181 s 17,18; 1Sp1982 c 
 1 s 37-40; 1983 c 216 art 1 s 42,87; 1983 c 372 s 45,46; 1985 c 
 248 s 70; 1Sp1985 c 14 art 9 s 75; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 385 s 
 40-45; 1988 c 712 s 3; 1989 c 209 art 2 s 1; 1990 c 566 s 8; 
 1992 c 484 s 15; 1994 c 483 s 1; 1995 c 54 s 21-24; 1996 c 417 s 
 29,31; 1997 c 66 s 74,79; 1998 c 265 s 37; 1999 c 107 s 56,66; 
 2000 c 343 s 4