In re the Claim of Gershen

—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed July 31, 1996, which, inter alia, ruled that claimant was ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits because he was not totally unemployed.

While claimant was unemployed and in receipt of unemployment insurance benefits, he acted as the uncompensated caretaker for a martial arts academy. As a consequence, the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board found that he was not entitled to benefits as he was not totally unemployed and was guilty of making willful false statements to obtain benefits due to his failure to…