Section 594. Reduction of benefits for false statement

A claimant who has
  wilfully made a false statement or representation to obtain any  benefit
  under the provisions of this article shall forfeit benefits for at least
  the  first  four  but  not  more  than  the  first eighty effective days
  following discovery of such offense for which he  otherwise  would  have
  been  entitled  to  receive benefits. Such penalty shall apply only once
  with respect to each such offense.
    For the purpose of subdivision four of section five hundred ninety  of
  this article, the claimant shall be deemed to have received benefits for
  such forfeited effective days.
    The penalty provided in this section shall not be confined to a single
  benefit  year  but  shall  no longer apply in whole or in part after the
  expiration of  two  years  from  the  date  on  which  the  offense  was
  committed.
    A  claimant  shall  refund  all  moneys received because of such false
  statement or representation made by him.