Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe announced the arrest of Ramon Delacruz of Haverstraw on a charge of Grand Larceny in the Second Degree, a class "C" Felony.

Zugibe said that, according to the charges, Delacruz applied for and received unemployment benefits on behalf of at least 10 individuals who were living outside the United States. And as a result, authorities allege, Delacruz defrauded New York State out of over $100,000 within a four year span, beginning in 2011.

"This defendant is accused of scamming the system by helping several people living abroad illegally collect unemployment benefits," Zugibe said. "Fraud against the employer-funded Unemployment Insurance benefits program costs all of us and will not be tolerated."