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."

In the early morning hours of March 23, detectives and officers from various local, state and federal law enforcement agencies arrested Delacruz and executed a search warrant at his Haverstraw residence.

The arrest is a culmination of an investigation conducted by the Rockland County District Attorney's Office Special Investigations Unit, the New York State Department of Labor and the United States Department of Homeland Security/Homeland Security Investigations.

Bail was set in the Town of Haverstraw Justice Court at $10,000. Delacruz' next court date is March 27.