In re the Claim of Blake

—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed January 3, 1997, which reduced claimant’s right to receive future unemployment insurance benefits.

The Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, reversing the decision of the Administrative Law Judge, found that claimant had disclosed his confidential personal identification number (hereinafter PIN) to his wife and had her certify his claim for benefits. As a result, the Board reduced claimant’s right to receive future benefits by 80 days. While claimant asserts that he never disclosed his PIN to his wife, this presented a…