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Californians Beware: Make Sure You Report All Income to Avoid Being Charged with Unemployment Insurance Fraud

By Neil Shous, Esq.

There are a lot of negative connotations that go along with the phrase California unemployment insurance fraud. We typically think of unemployment insurance (U.I.) fraud in terms of someone unlawfully cashing another person?s unemployment check; someone creating a fictitious company and listing themselves as an employee who is eligible to collect benefits; and sitting back while collecting unemployment insurance benefits instead of actively looking for work. But the fact is that California unemployment insurance fraud is much broader than these typical types of scenarios. You could be charged with this offense even if you innocently don?t report freelance income that you collect while receiving benefits. Let?s say you were working for a company and you were laid off...continue to full post

Full post as published by California Criminal Defense Blog on October 21, 2010 (boomark / email).