The Board has determined that the overpayment was not created through fraud, misrepresentation of a material fact, or bad faith on the part of the appellant. The appellant's failure to timely report her incarceration did not constitute fraud, misrepresentation, or bad faith in this case.
The deciding factor: The appellant's conduct does not meet the high degree of impropriety as to constitute fraud, misrepresentation, or bad faith in creating the overpayment.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 26, 2001
- Citation
- 0108792
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