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More likely pressing charges, the employer could use lying on the job application would be good cause to deny you severance benefits, unemployment insurance benefits, or a claim of damages from job discrimination or some other for of wrongful termination of employment. Some jurisdictions, however, have a "ban the box" law that prohibits employers from asking and in those cases, there could usually not be any penalty for not truthfully answering the prohibited question.
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