New York S 4741: Relates to schemes to defraud and establishing the crime of harassment of a legal services client; repealer

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S04741 Summary:

BILL NOS04741 

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SAME ASSAME AS A05366

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SPONSORSEPULVEDA

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Rpld §§190.60 & 190.65, add §§190.60, 190.62, 190.64, 190.66 & 190.68, Title N Art 243 §§243.00 & 243.05, amd
§§496.06, 460.10 & 155.05, Pen L; amd §410, Gen Bus L; amd §220-b, Lab L

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Restructures the crimes of schemes to defraud; establishes the crime of harassment of a legal services client.

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BILL NOS04741 

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02/12/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4741

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 12, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, the general business law and the labor
 law, in relation to schemes to defraud and establishing the crime of
 harassment of a legal services client; and to repeal certain
 provisions of the penal law relating thereto

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature finds that fraudulent
 2 schemes and unethical practices, particularly by legal professionals
 3 entrusted with significant responsibilities, undermine public trust and
 4 harm clients. This act aims to strengthen protections against such
 5 conduct, ensure accountability, and uphold fairness and transparency in
 6 legal services and professional interactions.
 7 § 2. Sections 190.60 and 190.65 of the penal law are REPEALED and five
 8 new sections 190.60, 190.62, 190.64, 190.66 and 190.68 are added to read
 9 as follows:
 10 § 190.60 Scheme to defraud in the fifth degree.
 11 A person is guilty of scheme to defraud in the fifth degree when they
 12 engage in a systematic, ongoing course of conduct with intent to defraud
 13 more than one person or to obtain property from more than one person by
 14 false pretenses, representations, or promises, and so obtain property
 15 from one or more such persons.
 16 Scheme to defraud in the fifth degree is a class A misdemeanor.
 17 § 190.62 Scheme to defraud in the fourth degree.
 18 A person is guilty of scheme to defraud in the fourth degree when
 19 they:
 20 1. Engage in such conduct with intent to defraud ten or more persons;
 21 or
 22 2. Obtain property exceeding one thousand dollars in value; or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08472-01-5

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 1 3. Defraud individuals, including two or more vulnerable elderly
 2 persons; or
 3 4. Dispose of solid waste on the property of others, causing damage
 4 exceeding one thousand dollars.
 5 Scheme to defraud in the fourth degree is a class E felony.
 6 § 190.64 Scheme to defraud in the third degree.
 7 A person is guilty of scheme to defraud in the third degree when they:
 8 1. Engage in such conduct with intent to defraud twenty-five or more
 9 persons; or
 10 2. Obtain property exceeding three thousand dollars in value; or
 11 3. Defraud individuals, including two or more vulnerable elderly
 12 persons, obtaining property exceeding one thousand dollars in value.
 13 Scheme to defraud in the third degree is a class D felony.
 14 § 190.66 Scheme to defraud in the second degree.
 15 A person is guilty of scheme to defraud in the second degree when
 16 they:
 17 1. Engage in such conduct with intent to defraud one hundred or more
 18 persons; or
 19 2. Obtain property exceeding fifty thousand dollars in value; or
 20 3. Defraud individuals, including two or more vulnerable elderly
 21 persons, obtaining property exceeding three thousand dollars in value.
 22 Scheme to defraud in the second degree is a class C felony.
 23 § 190.68 Scheme to defraud in the first degree.
 24 A person is guilty of scheme to defraud in the first degree when they:
 25 1. Engage in such conduct with intent to defraud one thousand or more
 26 persons; or
 27 2. Obtain property exceeding one milli