N.Y. Real Property Law § 430: Penalties for fraudulent acts or false certificates

§ 430. Penalties for fraudulent acts or false certificates. Whoever

fraudulently procures or assists in fraudulently procuring, or is

intentionally privy to the fraudulent procurement of any certificate of

title or other instrument, or of any entry in the registration or other

book kept in the registrar's office, or of any erasure or alteration in

any entry in said book, or in any instrument authorized by this act, or

knowingly defrauds, or is intentionally privy to defrauding any person

by means of a false or fraudulent instrument, certificate, statement or

affidavit, affecting registered land, shall be guilty of a felony.