N.Y. PEN Law § 190.89
This is the official text of N.Y. PEN Law § 190.89, part of New York’s Penal Law — defines crimes and punishments in New York.
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Immigrant assistance services fraud in the first degree
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§ 190.89 Immigrant assistance services fraud in the first degree.\n A person is guilty of immigrant assistance services fraud in the first\ndegree when, with intent to defraud another person seeking immigrant\nassistance services, as defined in article twenty-eight-C of the general\nbusiness law, from such person, he or she violates section four hundred\nsixty-d of the general business law with intent to obtain property from\nsuch other person by false or fraudulent pretenses, representations or\npromises, and thereby wrongfully obtains such property with a value in\nexcess of one thousand dollars.\n Immigrant assistance services fraud in the first degree is a class E\nfelony.\n
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