Gourley v. Department of Workforce Services, Workforce Appeals Board

Memorandum Decision

DAVIS, Judge:

T1 Claimant Janene Gourley seeks review of the Workforce Appeals Board's (the Board) decision that she had committed fraud in the receipt of unemployment benefits and its order that she pay a total of $3,216 for receiving an overpayment of benefits and as a civil penalty. We decline to disturb the Board's decision.

2 Gourley began receiving unemployment benefits on November 27, 2011, after being laid off from her job. She collected unemployment checks through May 12, 2012. While she was unemployed, Gourley's family and her then-boyfriend, Jim Cross, gave her…