§ 190.89 Immigrant assistance services fraud in the first degree.

Attorney's Note

Under the New York Laws, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class E felonybetween 1 and 4 yearsup to $5,000
For details, see N.Y. Penal Law § 70.00

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Terms Used In N.Y. Penal Law 190.89

  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.

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 28-C of the general business law, from such person, he or she violates § 460-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.