Section 31-273-6a - Administrative penalty for overpayments established on or after October 1, 2013(a) For any determination of an overpayment made on or after October 1, 2013, whenever the Administrator determines, pursuant to Section 31-273-5(e) of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, that any individual has, himself or herself or through the agency of another, made a claim for benefits and knowingly made a false statement or representation or knowingly failed to disclose a material fact in order to obtain benefits or to increase the amount of benefits to which the individual may be entitled, such individual shall be subject to a penalty of fifty (50) percent of the amount of overpayment for the first offense and a penalty of one hundred (100) percent of the amount of overpayment if any subsequent offense, regardless of whether the overpayment was established prior to October 1, 2013 or on or subsequent to October 1, 2013. This penalty shall be in addition to the liability to repay the full amount of overpayment and shall not be confined to a single benefit year. The penalty amounts computed in this subsection shall be rounded to the nearest dollar with fractions of a dollar of exactly fifty cents rounded upward.(b) The Administrator shall not consider any restitution by the individual of benefits overpaid in determining the amount of the penalty to be imposed pursuant to this section.(c) Any penalty imposed pursuant to this section shall remain in full force and effect until such time as said penalty has been satisfied in full, as determined by the Administrator.(d) For the purposes of this section, an offense is a single week or a series of weeks within a given time period with respect to which the Administrator has established that an individual has made a claim for benefits and has, himself or herself or through the agency of another, made a false statement or representation or has knowingly failed to disclose a material fact for the purpose of obtaining benefits or increasing the amount of benefits to which such individual may be entitled.Conn. Agencies Regs. § 31-273-6a