§ 496.05 Corrupting the government in the first degree.\n A person is guilty of corrupting the government in the first degree\nwhen, being a public servant, or acting in concert with a public\nservant, he or she engages in a scheme constituting a systematic ongoing\ncourse of conduct with intent to defraud the state or one or more\npolitical subdivisions of the state or one or more governmental\ninstrumentalities within the state to obtain property, actual services\nor other resources, or to obtain property, actual services or other\nresources from the state, or any political subdivision or governmental\ninstrumentality of the state by false or fraudulent pretenses,\nrepresentations or promises, and thereby wrongfully obtains such\nproperty, actual services or other resources with a value in excess of\none hundred thousand dollars.\n Corrupting the government in the first degree is a class B felony.\n
N.Y. Penal Law § 496.05
Corrupting the government in the first degree
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Matter of Porcari (2020)
Most recently applied in Matter of Porcari (September 2020)
2014-09-22
Official source: NYS Open Legislation (New York State Senate). Reproduced from public-domain New York statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.