Show I 1 I II 1 I I I I I Dishonest Jobless Claims Dwindling As Utah's Department of Employment Security expands its Us field of fraud Investigation In in- the department finds that dishonest Jobless claims are dwindling said said Curtis P. P Harding administrator of of that agency From 1953 to 1955 he said detected fraudulent claims dropped from to tc for those years At the same time tUne he pointed out the number of Individuals Indi Indi- investigated Increased from In 1953 to over for the year Just ended Its It's obvious he said sald the Utah workers worker's workers worker's work work- ers er's concern In his unemployment unemployment unemployment trust fund is la real and he canI can take pride In the way he Is protecting It Mr Harding said bald over a 0 period of 01 years the employment security agency had aimed almed first at education of the workers in their rights and responsibilities ties when faced with unemployment I and then at detection of those who In spite of full knowledge of the consequences consequences consequences conse conse- of their behavior persist In cheating i Commonest type of fraud he said sald was the jobless pay applicants' applicants failure to toI declare earnings from Incidental employment employment employment em em- or failure to report a 0 return I to work In the past he said too many workers have tried to hang on and collect just one more benefit check after returning to work Generally the workers who commits fraud he said doesn't ordinarily persist persist persist per per- in his bis crime over a 0 long period of time In 1955 he said nearly 70 per cent of all claimants who were dishonest In filIng filing filing fil fil- fil- fil ing for their jobless pay were dishonest only with respect to one of several claims which each had tiled filed In 19 1953 a he pointed out this percentage was waa 53 per cent Explaining punishment for fraudulent filing Mr Harding pointed out that the law is very severe A person committing fraud he said Is disqualified for a 0 full year from receiving any benefits to which he might otherwise be entitled Further he must pay back any money he may have received as aa a 0 result of his dishonesty before he can again become eligible for jobless pay This can be a 0 pretty serious thing for fora a breadwinner he said but theres there's still more In addition to having this last source of Income cut off a 0 dishonest claimant is la subject to prosecution In courts that I may result in a fine of and a 60 day jail jall sentence I Just as serious he said is le the plight federal workers or of the unemployed veteran who fraudulently files flies under their unemployment compensation pro- pro grams He Ue pointed out that the rules are In the the same in these programs as state Jobless pay up set-up but in addition In detected fraud means arraignment federal courts with possibilities of 1000 fine and a 0 year in Jail said the employment security seI se- se j I Mr Harding I agency has several well organized I Continued on Page Three Dishonest Jobless Claims Dwindling Continued from Page One fraud detection programs Of Ot great Importance Importance importance Im Im- he said Is the cooperation 01 of conscientious citizens who feel strongly enough about keeping the employment security program free of fraud to report questionable cases of filing Another avenue of 01 Investigation he said Is the Industry survey wherein all names on company payrolls are checked against jobless rolls to make sure no one Is working and drawing benefits at the same time Continuously he said we scrutinize our applicant rolls to determine whether or not workers who possess skills that are currently In demand are filing for fors s u benefits If It we find a construction worker work work- er drawing benefits during a peak construction construction construction con con- period were we're certainly going to take a long look at his claim said Mr Harding It was also pointed out that the de department department department de- de Is le now carefully checking with employers to avoid paying benefits to a claimant who claims a full week of un unemployment unemployment unemployment un- un employment which so often overlaps the first few tew days of wage payments after he has hOll returned to work Mr Harding noted that the employment employment employ employ- ment security agency pushed Its fraud detection actively Just as vigorously Into isolated sparsely populated areas as in urban areas With continued cooperation from train workers worker employers and the geneal genea public pub pub- lie lic well we'll be assured of ot one of ot the cleanest clean clean- est Jobless pay programs In the country I Mr Harding said sr |