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PEN - Penal
Part 3 - Specific Offenses
Title J - Offenses Involving Theft
Article 158 - Welfare Fraud
158.20 - Welfare Fraud in the Second Degree.
Universal Citation: NY Penal L § 158.20 (2019)
§ 158.20 Welfare fraud in the second degree.A person is guilty of welfare fraud in the second degree when he or she commits a fraudulent welfare act and thereby takes or obtains public assistance benefits, and when the value of the public assistance benefits exceeds fifty thousand dollars.
Welfare fraud in the second degree is a class C felony.
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