N.Y. PEN Law § 190.83
This is the official text of N.Y. PEN Law § 190.83, part of New York’s Penal Law — defines crimes and punishments in New York.
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Unlawful possession of personal identification information in the first degree
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§ 190.83 Unlawful possession of personal identification information in\n the first degree.\n A person is guilty of unlawful possession of personal identification\ninformation in the first degree when he or she commits the crime of\nunlawful possession of personal identification information in the second\ndegree and:\n 1. with intent to further the commission of identity theft in the\nsecond degree, he or she supervises more than three accomplices; or\n 2. he or she has been previously convicted within the last five years\nof identity theft in the third degree as defined in section 190.78,\nidentity theft in the second degree as defined in section 190.79,\nidentity theft in the first degree as defined in section 190.80,\nunlawful possession of personal identification information in the third\ndegree as defined in section 190.81, unlawful possession of personal\nidentification information in the second degree as defined in section\n190.82, unlawful possession of personal identification information in\nthe first degree as defined in this section, unlawful possession of a\nskimmer device in the second degree as defined in section 190.85,\nunlawful possession of a skimmer device in the first degree as defined\nin section 190.86, grand larceny in the fourth degree as defined in\nsection 155.30, grand larceny in the third degree as defined in section\n155.35, grand larceny in the second degree as defined in section 155.40\nor grand larceny in the first degree as defined in section 155.42 of\nthis chapter; or\n 3. with intent to further the commission of identity theft in the\nsecond degree:\n (a) he or she supervises more than two accomplices, and\n (b) he or she knows that the person whose personal identification\ninformation that he or she possesses is a member of the armed forces,\nand\n (c) he or she knows that such member of the armed forces is presently\ndeployed outside of the continental United States.\n Unlawful possession of personal identification information in the\nfirst degree is a class D felony.\n
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