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185 PENNSYLVANIA UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION LAW PENNSYLVANIA UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION LAW PENNSYLVANIA UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION LAW
foreign government, either for himself or for any other person, shall upon
conviction thereof in a summary proceeding, be sentenced to pay a fine of
not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand five hundred
dollars, or shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not longer than thirty days,
or both, and each such false statement or representation or failure to disclose
a material fact shall constitute a separate offense. In addition to any other
sanction, an individual convicted under this subsection shall be ordered to
make restitution of the compensation to which the individual was not
entitled and of interest on that compensation in accordance with section 804(a).
(b) Whoever makes a false statement knowing it to be false, or knowingly fails to
disclose a material fact to obtain or increase any compensation or other
payment under this act or under an employment security law of any other state
or of the Federal Government or of a foreign government, may be disqualified
in addition to such week or weeks of improper payments for a penalty period
of five weeks and for not more than one additional week for each such week
of improper payment: Provided, That no additional weeks of disqualification
shall be imposed under this section if prosecution proceedings have been
instituted against the claimant because of such misrepresentation or
non-disclosure. The departmental determination imposing penalty weeks under
the provisions of this subsection shall be subject to appeal in the manner
provided in this act for appeals from determinations of compensation. The
penalty weeks herein provided for shall be imposed against any weeks with
respect to which the claimant would otherwise be eligible for compensation,
under the provisions of this act, which begin within the ten year period
following the end of the benefit year with respect to which the improper
payment or payments occurred.
(c) Whoever makes a false statement knowing it to be false, or knowingly fails to
disclose a material fact to obtain or increase compensation or other payment
under this act or under an employment security law of the Federal
Government and as a result receives compensation to which he is not entitled
shall be liable to pay to the Unemployment Compensation Fund a sum equal
to fifteen per centum (15%) of the amount of the compensation. The sum
shall be collectible in the manner provided in section 308.1 or 309 of this
act for the collection of past due contributions and by any other means
available under Federal or State law. No administrative or legal proceeding
for the collection of the sum may be instituted after the expiration of ten years
following the end of the benefit year with respect to which the sum was paid.
(d) Subsection (b) shall be applied by substituting ten weeks for five weeks and the
prohibition in subsection (b) on the imposition of penalty weeks if prosecution