2004 Minnesota Statutes

     268.182 Applicant's false representations; concealment 
  of facts; penalty. 

    Subdivision 1.    Criminal penalties.  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.  

    Subd. 2.    Administrative penalties.  Any individual 
 who knowingly makes a false statement or representation, who 
 knowingly 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, in addition to any other penalties, 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 determination of denial shall be sent to the 
 individual by mail or electronic transmission.  Unless an appeal 
 is filed within 30 calendar days of sending, the determination 
 shall be final.  Proceeding on the appeal shall be conducted in 
 accordance with section 268.105.  

    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; 2004 c 183 s 82; 2004 c 206 s 52