PORTLAND/OBSERVER Jan. 14, 1971
Fraud Connected
Unemployment Insurance
Benefits
WHO IS WORRYING about hazardous roads? Not
these youngsters. It is really fun for them. This is only
one of the many snow men built by this happy group. Rick
Ollison, Gary Hampton. Ray Purify and Ronald Purify.
SALEM — (Special) - Fraud In
connection with unemployment
insurance benefits and taxes
was kept to a minimum during
the fourth quarter of 1970, even
though claims were more nu
merous this year («cause of the
liigh unemployment, the Em
p lo y m e n t Division reported
here. The low Incidence of
fraudulent claim s continued and
was possible («cause of the
constant vigilance of local office
claims personnel, the Fraud in
vestigation unit of the Benefits
section and by Tax Section audi
tors, the Division said.
Fourth quarter fraud control
activity b r o u g h t recommen
dations. for prosecution of 13
new cases, bringing the total
n u m b e r of cases to 47. The
cases recommended for prose
cution were less than one-tenth
of one percent of the total
number of claim determinations
made during the fourth quarter,
the Employment Division said.
Ten cases were completed
th rin g the quarter witli these
results; two convictions and two
dism issals in Multnomah coun
ty; one conviction in Marion
county; one conviction in Des
chutes county; one conviction In
Josephine county; one conviction
in Douglas county; one dism iss
al in Clatsop county and one
conviction in Wasco county.
The courts ordered restitu
tions In six cases; Imposed
fines ranging from >100 to >150
in two cases; set probationary
periods of from six months to
three years in seven cases; o r
dered one 30-day sentence sus
pended; ordered one 10-day
s e n te n c e suspended; imposed
one 30-day sentence; imposed
another 30 days of a six-month
sentence and Imposed a one-day
sentence In one case.
A total of 154 determinations
were written in which 1,705 cal
endar weeks were disqualified
for w illfu l false statements or
misrepresentation in order to
obtain unemployment insurance
(«neflts. D u r in g the fourth
quarter >18,738.45 was recov
ered by the Employment D ivi
sion in overpayment and during
1970 a total of >62,887.29 was
recovered.
Linda and Sherry Present
DANCE
fo the
Music of
Bitter
Sweet
Jam
Doors open 7:30 P.M.
Dance from 8:00 to 12:00
Adm. $ 2.0 0 per head
Friday Night
Portland Sports Arena
8725 N. Chautauqua
AF TER SCHOOL and
before homework Mary
Winchester 4925 N.E. Rod
ney decided against playing
paper dolls in favor of
"making a man" (snow man
that is).
birth defects
Urban league
hires aide
vices June 1966, was seriously
injured in Vietnam January 3,
1968. After spending six months
in Ft. Madigan Hospital he was
discharged in June 1968.
T h is
S P A C t C O N T W llu T tO tr
JANUARY
FUR SALE
RONALD L. MARTIN
director of Economic De
velopment and Employ
ment for Portland Urban
League.
Ronald L . M artin was em
ployed by the Urban League of
G reater Portland January 2nd
as D irector of Economic Devel
opment and Employment. M artin
holds a Bachelor Degree in So
ciology and one year graduate
study in Education from the Un
iv e rs ity of Oregon. He served
as Assistant Freshman Football
Coach at Oregon 1968-69. He
has been employed as General
Counselor for Job Corps until
the reduction in Federal appro
priations.
He s u c c e e d s Charles E.
Ganter who was promoted to the
C o - D i r e c t o r of the Urban
League ’ ’Outreach” project.
M artin is well known in Port
land and Oregon. He graduated
from Jefferson High School in
1961 and was a member of the
championship teams of the Mel
Renfro days. He entered the Un
iv e rs ity of Oregon and was a
m e m b e r of the football team
where he was an outstanding de
fensive halfback, from 1961-65.
He played one year with the
Hartford Connecticut ’ ’ Charter
Oaks” . Entered the armed s e r-
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