2010 New York Code
PEN - Penal
Part 3 - SPECIFIC OFFENSES
Title K - OFFENSES INVOLVING FRAUD
Article 175 - (175.00 - 175.45) OFFENSES INVOLVING FALSE WRITTEN STATEMENTS
175.45 - Issuing a false financial statement.

§ 175.45 Issuing a false financial statement.
    A  person  is guilty of issuing a false financial statement when, with
  intent to defraud:
    1. He knowingly makes or utters a written instrument which purports to
  describe the financial condition or ability to pay of  some  person  and
  which is inaccurate in some material respect; or
    2.  He  represents  in writing that a written instrument purporting to
  describe a person's financial condition or ability to pay as of a  prior
  date  is  accurate  with  respect  to  such  person's  current financial
  condition  or  ability  to  pay,  whereas  he  knows  it  is  materially
  inaccurate in that respect.
    Issuing a false financial statement is a class A misdemeanor.

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