What is Unemployment Insurance Fraud (Insurance Code
Unemployment insurance fraud is the receipt of unemployment benefits to which one is not entitled, or assisting one in such receipt. It is a particularly prevalent crime in today’s tough economy with numerous underemployed workers. Workers who may have been unemployed for some period of time, only find work at lower pay than expected, continue to received unemployment benefits when they are simultaneously receiving pay.
Such workers are “double-dipping” and it is illegal (Insurance Code