N.Y. PEN Law § 195.20
This is the official text of N.Y. PEN Law § 195.20, part of New York’s Penal Law — defines crimes and punishments in New York.
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Defrauding the government
Official statutory text
§ 195.20 Defrauding the government.\n A person is guilty of defrauding the government when, being a public\nservant or party officer, he or she:\n (a) engages in a scheme constituting a systematic ongoing course of\nconduct with intent to:\n (i) defraud the state or a political subdivision of the state or a\ngovernmental instrumentality within the state or to obtain property,\nservices or other resources from the state or a political subdivision of\nthe state or a governmental instrumentality within the state by false or\nfraudulent pretenses, representations or promises; or\n (ii) defraud the state or a political subdivision of the state or a\ngovernmental instrumentality within the state by making use of property,\nservices or resources of the state, political subdivision of the state\nor a governmental instrumentality within the state for private business\npurposes or other compensated non-governmental purposes; and\n (b) so obtains property, services or other resources with a value in\nexcess of one thousand dollars from such state, political subdivision or\ngovernmental instrumentality.\n Defrauding the government is a class E felony.\n
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