§ 180.03 Commercial bribing in the first degree.\n A person is guilty of commercial bribing in the first degree when he\nconfers, or offers or agrees to confer, any benefit upon any employee,\nagent or fiduciary without the consent of the latter's employer or\nprincipal, with intent to influence his conduct in relation to his\nemployer's or principal's affairs, and when the value of the benefit\nconferred or offered or agreed to be conferred exceeds one thousand\ndollars and causes economic harm to the employer or principal in an\namount exceeding two hundred fifty dollars.\n Commercial bribing in the first degree is a class E felony.\n
N.Y. Penal Law § 180.03
Commercial bribing in the first degree
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Johnson v. Nextel Communications Inc. (2015)
Most recently applied in Madden v. Midland Funding, LLC (February 2017)
2014-09-22
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