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N.Y. Penal Law § 170.27: Criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree; presumption

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  1. Penal Law
  2. Part 3. Specific Offenses
  3. Title K. Offenses Involving Fraud
  4. Article 170. Forgery and Related Offenses

§ 170.27 Criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second

degree; presumption.

A person who possesses two or more forged instruments, each of which

purports to be a credit card or debit card, as those terms are defined

in subdivisions seven and seven-a of section 155.00, is presumed to

possess the same with knowledge that they are forged and with intent to

defraud, deceive or injure another.

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