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Media Advisory: Labor Department, District Attorneys To Hold Press Conference In Albany

33 Arrests in Relation to $116,000 in Fraudulent Unemployment Insurance Claims

ALBANY, NY (07/21/2008; 0926)(readMedia)-- State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith, Division of Criminal Justice Services Commissioner Denise E. O'Donnell and local district attorneys will hold a press conference in Albany on Monday, July 21, to announce that 33 individuals in the Capital Region and North Country have been arrested and charged with multiple felonies for attempting to defraud New York State's Unemployment Insurance (UI) program. These individuals are charged with stealing more than $116,000 from New York's UI program.

The State Labor Department worked with every district attorney in the Capital Region and North Country, as well as dozens of other law enforcement agencies, to bring these individuals to justice. Most of the individuals that were arrested collected UI benefits while they were earning a paycheck.

WHO: Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith; Division of Criminal Justice Services Commissioner Denise E. O'Donnell; Albany County District Attorney P. David Soares; Rensselaer County District Attorney Richard J. McNally, Jr.; Schenectady County District Attorney Robert M. Carney; Saratoga County District Attorney James A. Murphy; and Warren County District Attorney Kathleen Hogan.

WHEN: Monday, July 21, 2008 at 1 p.m.

WHERE: New York State District Attorneys Association - New York Prosecutors Training Institute, 107 Columbia Street, Albany, NY 12210 (Corner of Columbia and Eagle Street)

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