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PEN - Penal
Part 3 - Specific Offenses
Title J - Offenses Involving Theft
Article 158 - Welfare Fraud
158.35 - Criminal Use of a Public Benefit Card in the First Degree.
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NY Penal L § 158.35 (2022)
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§ 158.35 Criminal use of a public benefit card in the first degree.A person is guilty of criminal use of a public benefit card in the first degree when he or she, pursuant to an act or a series of acts, knowingly (i) obtains three or more public benefit cards from another or others in exchange for a benefit, or (ii) transfers or delivers three or more public benefit cards to another or others in exchange for money or a controlled substance as defined in subdivision five of section 220.00 of this chapter.
Criminal use of a public benefit card in the first degree is a class E felony.
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