Section 2835.10  Time Limits Within Which To Recoup Benefits

a)         Benefits obtained by means of fraud:  When the claimant knowingly makes a false statement or knowingly fails to disclose a material fact in order to receive benefits to which he is ineligible, such benefits may be recouped at any time from future benefits payable to the claimant.

b)         Benefits obtained without fraud:  When a claimant has been found ineligible to receive benefits for any reason other than reasons stated in subsection (a), the benefits received may be recouped within three years from the date such claimant was found ineligible by a Claims Ajudicator, Hearings Referee or by the Director, except, if the Determination is dated  after January 1, 1984, the recoupment period shall be 5 years.  The same time limit of three or five years, as the case may be, shall apply to the recoupment of the UCFE-UCX benefits paid to ineligible claimants.

(Source:  Amended at 12 Ill. Reg. 11746, effective July 5, 1988)