In re the Claim of Sinker

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed May 19, 1995, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because he lost his employment due to misconduct.

*879Claimant, chief counsel for a title abstract company, left his position after being convicted of mail fraud. The Board denied his application for unemployment insurance benefits on the ground that he lost his employment through misconduct. Claimant challenges this decision, arguing, inter alia, that his felony conviction was not "in connection with” his employment (Labor…