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Summary:
Claimant and others hired on the employer's condition that they not declare earnings received. Understood that if one of them told the truth, their friends and colleagues would lose their jobs. Counsel maintains that the objective was not to commit fraud, but to ensure that the company could get started and to avoid distress for colleagues. Argument dismissed by the Umpire. Claimant accepted a risk and made an individual choice. Claimants knew, singly and collectively, that the information was false.
