Ausburn v. Commonwealth

Opinion'by

President Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

Russell Ausburn appeals an Unemployment Compensation Board of Review order which held him ineligible for benefits1 and assessed a recoupment of overpayment in the amount of $3,960.00.2 We affirm.

The relevant facts are not disputed. Ausburn began receiving benefits in September of 1979. Shortly thereafter, he organized and chartered a corporation to operate a tavern, serving as its president and being its sole shareholder. He continued to receive benefits, failing to notify the Office of Employment Security of this venture.

[T]he law of this Commonwealth…