§ 458-e. Advance fees prohibited. It is hereby declared to be an\nunfair and deceptive trade practice and unlawful for a credit services\nbusiness to receive or collect from a consumer any fee in advance of the\nperformance of those services specified in the contract as required by\nsection four hundred fifty-eight-f of this chapter.\n
Advance fees prohibited
N.Y. General Business Law § 458-E, under Credit Services Business.
N.Y. General Business Law § 458-E