A Cumberland Center man will spend two days in jail following his conviction for fraudulently receiving unemployment insurance payments.
Fifty-six-year-old John Willis was sentenced to 48 hours in Cumberland County Jail in Portland and ordered to pay restitution of $15,159.
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John Willis Courtesy Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department
State officials accused him of collecting unemployment benefits while he was working.
Willis was convicted on May 8.
Twenty-three reported cases of unemployment insurance fraud have been referred to district attorneys for prosecution in Maine this year. Last year there were 88.
A call to Willis’ home was not immediately returned.
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