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Media Advisory Labor Department, Hudson Valley Officials To Hold Press Conference

49 Arrests in Relation to $194,000 in Fraudulent Unemployment Insurance Claims

ALBANY, NY (07/14/2008; 1604)(readMedia)-- State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith will be in White Plains on Tuesday to announce that 49 individuals in the Hudson Valley region 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 nearly $194,000 from New York's UI program.

The State Labor Department worked with every district attorney in the Hudson Valley, 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, Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore, Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Zugibe, Westchester County Executive Andrew Spano, law enforcement officials.

WHEN: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 - 11 a.m.

WHERE: New York State Department of Labor, One-Stop Career Center, 120 Bloomingdale Road, White Plains, NY 10605

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