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N.Y. Penal Law § 170.65 Forgery of a vehicle identification number
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§ 170.65 Forgery of a vehicle identification number.\n A person is guilty of forgery of a vehicle identification number when:\n (1) He knowingly destroys, covers, defaces, alters or otherwise\nchanges the form or appearance of a vehicle identification number on any\nvehicle or co…
N.Y. Penal Law § 170.70 Illegal possession of a vehicle identification number
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§ 170.70 Illegal possession of a vehicle identification number.\n A person is guilty of illegal possession of a vehicle identification\nnumber when:\n (1) He knowingly possesses a vehicle identification number label,\nsticker or plate which has been removed from the vehicle or ve…
N.Y. Penal Law § 170.71 Illegal possession of a vehicle identification number; presumptions
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§ 170.71 Illegal possession of a vehicle identification number;\n presumptions.\n (1) A person is presumed to knowingly possess a vehicle or vehicle\npart in violation of subdivision two of section 170.70, when he\npossesses any combination of five such whole vehicles or individu…
N.Y. Penal Law § 170.75 Fraudulent making of an electronic access device in the second degree
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§ 170.75 Fraudulent making of an electronic access device in the second\n degree.\n A person is guilty of fraudulent making of an electronic access device\nin the second degree when, with intent to defraud, deceive or injure\nanother, he falsely makes, completes or alters two or …
N.Y. Penal Law § 175.00 Definitions of terms
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§ 175.00 Definitions of terms.\n The following definitions are applicable to this article:\n 1. "Enterprise" means any entity of one or more persons, corporate or\notherwise, public or private, engaged in business, commercial,\nprofessional, industrial, eleemosynary, social, poli…
N.Y. Penal Law § 175.05 Falsifying business records in the second degree
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§ 175.05 Falsifying business records in the second degree.\n A person is guilty of falsifying business records in the second degree\nwhen, with intent to defraud, he:\n 1. Makes or causes a false entry in the business records of an\nenterprise; or\n 2. Alters, erases, obliterates…
N.Y. Penal Law § 175.10 Falsifying business records in the first degree
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§ 175.10 Falsifying business records in the first degree.\n A person is guilty of falsifying business records in the first degree\nwhen he commits the crime of falsifying business records in the second\ndegree, and when his intent to defraud includes an intent to commit\nanother …
N.Y. Penal Law § 175.15 Falsifying business records; defense
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§ 175.15 Falsifying business records; defense.\n In any prosecution for falsifying business records, it is an\naffirmative defense that the defendant was a clerk, bookkeeper or other\nemployee who, without personal benefit, merely executed the orders of\nhis employer or of a supe…
N.Y. Penal Law § 175.20 Tampering with public records in the second degree
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§ 175.20 Tampering with public records in the second degree.\n A person is guilty of tampering with public records in the second\ndegree when, knowing that he does not have the authority of anyone\nentitled to grant it, he knowingly removes, mutilates, destroys,\nconceals, makes …
N.Y. Penal Law § 175.25 Tampering with public records in the first degree
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§ 175.25 Tampering with public records in the first degree.\n A person is guilty of tampering with public records in the first\ndegree when, knowing that he does not have the authority of anyone\nentitled to grant it, and with intent to defraud, he knowingly removes,\nmutilates, …
N.Y. Penal Law § 175.30 Offering a false instrument for filing in the second degree
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§ 175.30 Offering a false instrument for filing in the second degree.\n A person is guilty of offering a false instrument for filing in the\nsecond degree when, knowing that a written instrument contains a false\nstatement or false information, he offers or presents it to a publi…
N.Y. Penal Law § 175.35 Offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree
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§ 175.35 Offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree.\n A person is guilty of offering a false instrument for filing in the\nfirst degree when:\n 1. knowing that a written instrument contains a false statement or\nfalse information, and with intent to defraud the s…
N.Y. Penal Law § 175.40 Issuing a false certificate
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§ 175.40 Issuing a false certificate.\n A person is guilty of issuing a false certificate when, being a public\nservant authorized by law to make or issue official certificates or\nother official written instruments, and with intent to defraud, deceive\nor injure another person, …
N.Y. Penal Law § 175.45 Issuing a false financial statement
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§ 175.45 Issuing a false financial statement.\n A person is guilty of issuing a false financial statement when, with\nintent to defraud:\n 1. He knowingly makes or utters a written instrument which purports to\ndescribe the financial condition or ability to pay of some person and…
N.Y. Penal Law § 176.00 Insurance fraud; definition of terms
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§ 176.00 Insurance fraud; definition of terms.\n The following definitions are applicable to this article:\n 1. "Insurance policy" has the meaning assigned to insurance contract\nby subsection (a) of section one thousand one hundred one of the\ninsurance law except it shall inclu…
N.Y. Penal Law § 176.05 Insurance fraud; defined
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§ 176.05 Insurance fraud; defined.\n 1. A fraudulent insurance act is committed by any person who,\nknowingly and with intent to defraud presents, causes to be presented,\nor prepares with knowledge or belief that it will be presented to or by\nan insurer, self insurer, or purpor…
N.Y. Penal Law § 176.10 Insurance fraud in the fifth degree
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§ 176.10 Insurance fraud in the fifth degree.\n A person is guilty of insurance fraud in the fifth degree when he\ncommits a fraudulent insurance act.\n Insurance fraud in the fifth degree is a class A misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. Penal Law § 176.15 Insurance fraud in the fourth degree
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§ 176.15 Insurance fraud in the fourth degree.\n A person is guilty of insurance fraud in the fourth degree when he\ncommits a fraudulent insurance act and thereby wrongfully takes, obtains\nor withholds, or attempts to wrongfully take, obtain or withhold\nproperty with a value i…
N.Y. Penal Law § 176.20 Insurance fraud in the third degree
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§ 176.20 Insurance fraud in the third degree.\n A person is guilty of insurance fraud in the third degree when he\ncommits a fraudulent insurance act and thereby wrongfully takes, obtains\nor withholds, or attempts to wrongfully take, obtain or withhold\nproperty with a value in …
N.Y. Penal Law § 176.25 Insurance fraud in the second degree
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§ 176.25 Insurance fraud in the second degree.\n A person is guilty of insurance fraud in the second degree when he\ncommits a fraudulent insurance act and thereby wrongfully takes, obtains\nor withholds, or attempts to wrongfully take, obtain or withhold\nproperty with a value i…
N.Y. Penal Law § 176.30 Insurance fraud in the first degree
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§ 176.30 Insurance fraud in the first degree.\n A person is guilty of insurance fraud in the first degree when he\ncommits a fraudulent insurance act and thereby wrongfully takes, obtains\nor withholds, or attempts to wrongfully take, obtain or withhold\nproperty with a value in …
N.Y. Penal Law § 176.35 Aggravated insurance fraud
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§ 176.35 Aggravated insurance fraud.\n A person is guilty of aggravated insurance fraud in the fourth degree\nwhen he commits a fraudulent insurance act, and has been previously\nconvicted within the preceding five years of any offense, an essential\nelement of which is the commi…
N.Y. Penal Law § 176.40 Fraudulent life settlement act; defined
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§ 176.40 Fraudulent life settlement act; defined.\n A fraudulent life settlement act is committed by any person who,\nknowingly and with intent to defraud, presents, causes to be presented,\nor prepares with knowledge or belief that it will be presented to, or\nby, a life settlem…
N.Y. Penal Law § 176.45 Life settlement fraud in the fifth degree
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§ 176.45 Life settlement fraud in the fifth degree.\n A person is guilty of life settlement fraud in the fifth degree when\nhe or she commits a fraudulent life settlement act.\n Life settlement fraud in the fifth degree is a class A misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. Penal Law § 176.50 Life settlement fraud in the fourth degree
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§ 176.50 Life settlement fraud in the fourth degree.\n A person is guilty of life settlement fraud in the fourth degree when\nhe or she commits a fraudulent life settlement act and thereby\nwrongfully takes, obtains or withholds, or attempts to wrongfully take,\nobtain or withhol…
N.Y. Penal Law § 176.55 Life settlement fraud in the third degree
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§ 176.55 Life settlement fraud in the third degree.\n A person is guilty of life settlement fraud in the third degree when\nhe or she commits a fraudulent life settlement act and thereby\nwrongfully takes, obtains or withholds, or attempts to wrongfully take,\nobtain or withhold …
N.Y. Penal Law § 176.60 Life settlement fraud in the second degree
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§ 176.60 Life settlement fraud in the second degree.\n A person is guilty of life settlement fraud in the second degree when\nhe or she commits a fraudulent life settlement act and thereby\nwrongfully takes, obtains or withholds, or attempts to wrongfully take,\nobtain or withhol…
N.Y. Penal Law § 176.65 Life settlement fraud in the first degree
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§ 176.65 Life settlement fraud in the first degree.\n A person is guilty of life settlement fraud in the first degree when\nhe or she commits a fraudulent life settlement act and thereby\nwrongfully takes, obtains or withholds, or attempts to wrongfully take,\nobtain or withhold …
N.Y. Penal Law § 176.70 Aggravated life settlement fraud
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§ 176.70 Aggravated life settlement fraud.\n A person is guilty of aggravated life settlement fraud when he or she\ncommits a fraudulent life settlement act, and has been previously\nconvicted within the preceding five years of any offense, an essential\nelement of which is the c…
N.Y. Penal Law § 176.75 Staging a motor vehicle accident in the second degree
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§ 176.75 Staging a motor vehicle accident in the second degree.\n A person is guilty of staging a motor vehicle accident in the second\ndegree when, with intent to commit and in furtherance of a fraudulent\ninsurance act, he or she operates a motor vehicle and intentionally\ncaus…
N.Y. Penal Law § 176.80 Staging a motor vehicle accident in the first degree
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§ 176.80 Staging a motor vehicle accident in the first degree.\n A person is guilty of staging a motor vehicle accident in the first\ndegree when he or she commits the offense of staging a motor vehicle\naccident in the second degree and thereby causes serious physical injury\nor…
N.Y. Penal Law § 177.00 Definitions
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§ 177.00 Definitions.\n The following definitions are applicable to this article:\n 1. "Health plan" means any publicly or privately funded health\ninsurance or managed care plan or contract, under which any health care\nitem or service is provided, and through which payment may …
N.Y. Penal Law § 177.05 Health care fraud in the fifth degree
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§ 177.05 Health care fraud in the fifth degree.\n A person is guilty of health care fraud in the fifth degree when, with\nintent to defraud a health plan, he or she knowingly and willfully\nprovides materially false information or omits material information for\nthe purpose of re…
N.Y. Penal Law § 177.10 Health care fraud in the fourth degree
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§ 177.10 Health care fraud in the fourth degree.\n A person is guilty of health care fraud in the fourth degree when such\nperson, on one or more occasions, commits the crime of health care fraud\nin the fifth degree and the payment or portion of the payment wrongfully\nreceived,…
N.Y. Penal Law § 177.15 Health care fraud in the third degree
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§ 177.15 Health care fraud in the third degree.\n A person is guilty of health care fraud in the third degree when such\nperson, on one or more occasions, commits the crime of health care fraud\nin the fifth degree and the payment or portion of the payment wrongfully\nreceived, a…
N.Y. Penal Law § 177.20 Health care fraud in the second degree
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§ 177.20 Health care fraud in the second degree.\n A person is guilty of health care fraud in the second degree when such\nperson, on one or more occasions, commits the crime of health care fraud\nin the fifth degree and the payment or portion of the payment wrongfully\nreceived,…
N.Y. Penal Law § 177.25 Health care fraud in the first degree
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§ 177.25 Health care fraud in the first degree.\n A person is guilty of health care fraud in the first degree when such\nperson, on one or more occasions, commits the crime of health care fraud\nin the fifth degree and the payment or portion of the payment wrongfully\nreceived, a…
N.Y. Penal Law § 177.30 Health care fraud; affirmative defense
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§ 177.30 Health care fraud; affirmative defense.\n In any prosecution under this article, it shall be an affirmative\ndefense that the defendant was a clerk, bookkeeper or other employee,\nother than an employee charged with the active management and control,\nin an executive cap…
N.Y. Penal Law § 178.00 Criminal diversion of prescription medications and prescriptions; definitions
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§ 178.00 Criminal diversion of prescription medications and\n prescriptions; definitions.\n The following definitions are applicable to this article:\n 1. "Prescription medication or device" means any article for which a\nprescription is required in order to be lawfully sold, del…
N.Y. Penal Law § 178.05 Criminal diversion of prescription medications and prescriptions; limitation
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§ 178.05 Criminal diversion of prescription medications and\n prescriptions; limitation.\n 1. The provisions of this article shall not apply to:\n (a) a duly licensed physician or other person authorized to issue a\nprescription acting in good faith in the lawful course of his or…
N.Y. Penal Law § 178.10 Criminal diversion of prescription medications and prescriptions in the fourth degree
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§ 178.10 Criminal diversion of prescription medications and\n prescriptions in the fourth degree.\n A person is guilty of criminal diversion of prescription medications\nand prescriptions in the fourth degree when he or she commits a criminal\ndiversion act.\n Criminal diversion …
N.Y. Penal Law § 178.15 Criminal diversion of prescription medications and prescriptions in the third degree
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§ 178.15 Criminal diversion of prescription medications and\n prescriptions in the third degree.\n A person is guilty of criminal diversion of prescription medications\nand prescriptions in the third degree when he or she:\n 1. commits a criminal diversion act, and the value of t…
N.Y. Penal Law § 178.20 Criminal diversion of prescription medications and prescriptions in the second degree
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§ 178.20 Criminal diversion of prescription medications and\n prescriptions in the second degree.\n A person is guilty of criminal diversion of prescription medications\nand prescriptions in the second degree when he or she commits a criminal\ndiversion act, and the value of the …
N.Y. Penal Law § 178.25 Criminal diversion of prescription medications and prescriptions in the first degree
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§ 178.25 Criminal diversion of prescription medications and\n prescriptions in the first degree.\n A person is guilty of criminal diversion of prescription medications\nand prescriptions in the first degree when he or she commits a criminal\ndiversion act, and the value of the be…
N.Y. Penal Law § 178.26 Fraud and deceit related to controlled substances
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§ 178.26 Fraud and deceit related to controlled substances.\n 1. No person shall willfully:\n (a) obtain or attempt to obtain a controlled substance, a prescription\nfor a controlled substance or an official New York state prescription\nform,\n (i) by fraud, deceit, misrepresenta…
N.Y. Penal Law § 179.00 Criminal diversion of medical cannabis; definitions
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* § 179.00 Criminal diversion of medical cannabis; definitions.\n The following definitions are applicable to this article:\n 1. "Medical cannabis" means medical cannabis as defined in section\nthree of the cannabis law.\n 2. "Certification" means a certification, made under sect…
N.Y. Penal Law § 179.05 Criminal diversion of medical cannabis; limitations
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* § 179.05 Criminal diversion of medical cannabis; limitations.\n The provisions of this article shall not apply to:\n 1. a practitioner authorized to issue a certification who acted in\ngood faith in the lawful course of his or her profession; or\n 2. a registered organization a…
N.Y. Penal Law § 179.10 Criminal diversion of medical cannabis in the first degree
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* § 179.10 Criminal diversion of medical cannabis in the first degree.\n A person is guilty of criminal diversion of medical cannabis in the\nfirst degree when he or she is a practitioner, as that term is defined\nin section three of the cannabis law, who issues a certification w…
N.Y. Penal Law § 179.11 Criminal diversion of medical cannabis in the second degree
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* § 179.11 Criminal diversion of medical cannabis in the second degree.\n A person is guilty of criminal diversion of medical cannabis in the\nsecond degree when he or she sells, trades, delivers, or otherwise\nprovides medical cannabis to another with knowledge or reasonable\ngr…
N.Y. Penal Law § 179.15 Criminal retention of medical cannabis
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* § 179.15 Criminal retention of medical cannabis.\n A person is guilty of criminal retention of medical cannabis when,\nbeing a certified patient or designated caregiver, as those terms are\ndefined in section three of the cannabis law, he or she knowingly\nobtains, possesses, s…