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N.Y. Penal Law § 190.89: Immigrant assistance services fraud in the first degree

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  1. Penal Law
  2. Part 3. Specific Offenses
  3. Title K. Offenses Involving Fraud
  4. Article 190. Other Frauds

§ 190.89 Immigrant assistance services fraud in the first degree.

A person is guilty of immigrant assistance services fraud in the first

degree when, with intent to defraud another person seeking immigrant

assistance services, as defined in article twenty-eight-C of the general

business law, from such person, he or she violates section four hundred

sixty-d of the general business law with intent to obtain property from

such other person by false or fraudulent pretenses, representations or

promises, and thereby wrongfully obtains such property with a value in

excess of one thousand dollars.

Immigrant assistance services fraud in the first degree is a class E

felony.

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