Proposed legislation would implement stricter penalties for unemployment insurance fraud

An Assembly committee passed a bill Tuesday that would elevate the consequences unemployment insurance fraud offenders face. The bill, proposed by Rep. Samantha Kerkman, R-Salem, and Sen. Chris Kapenga, R-Delafield, would raise the penalties for unemployment insurance fraud in an attempt to make penalties uniform across the state. The current punishment for unemployment insurance fraud is … Continue reading Proposed legislation would implement stricter penalties for unemployment insurance fraud