In re the Claim of Desir

—Appeal *905from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed July 20, 2001, which, inter alia, ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because his employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Claimant was discharged from his employment as a financial consultant after the employer discovered that claimant had falsely represented on his employment application that he had not previously worked for the employer. The Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board ruled that claimant’s knowing misrepresentation on his employment application constituted…