Okla. Stat. tit. 40, § 40-5-102
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False statement for benefits, failure to disclose
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material fact.
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
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 40. Labor Page 185
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.
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
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 40. Labor Page 185
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.
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