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Okla. Stat. tit. 40, § 40-5-102: False statement for benefits, failure to disclose

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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

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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