In re the Claim of Shapiro

—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed December 11, 2000, which, inter alia, reduced claimant’s right to receive future unemployment insurance benefits because he made willful misrepresentations to obtain benefits.

Claimant was employed as a college adjunct professor, teaching a class one evening per week from January 18, 1999 to May 9, 1999. During this time, he certified by telephone each week that he had not performed any work and was, thus, eligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits. The Commissioner of Labor issued an initial determination…