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Blue Island Man Receives Five Year Prison Sentence for Unemployment Fraud

Restitution of $234,000 Ordered After IDES Investigation

CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2014.  A Blue Island man was sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay $234,000 to the Illinois Department of Employment Security for defrauding the unemployment insurance program. IDES’ anti-fraud efforts initiated the investigation that led to the federal conviction.

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