What Happens When You are Arrested for Shoplifting in New York City: From...
There are plenty of questions a person asks him or herself when detained by store security after being accused of shoplifting a Whole Foods, Macys, Century 21, Bloomingdales or even the neighborhood...
View ArticleCan Possessing Stolen Property from Multiple People be Added Together to...
Generally, the New York Penal Law is clear as it relates to Criminal Possession of Stolen Property and aggregating the value of that property from different complainants. That is, if, for example, you...
View ArticleIs it Always a Grand Larceny Crime to Fraudulently Request and Receive Tax...
From corporate enterprises and families to small businesses to the New York State government, budgets always seem to get tighter and tighter. By no means an excuse to commit a crime of deceit or fraud,...
View ArticleFinancial Crimes and Financial Services Professionals: FINRA, U4s and New...
New York City, more than anywhere in the nation, is the venue for criminal prosecutions of financial professionals such as investment bankers, Wall Street traders, and compliance professionals. These...
View ArticleProsecution of Financial Executives Under the FCPA: The Foreign Corrupt...
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) is a landmark piece of federal legislation. The FCPA deals with payoffs and kickbacks made by certain kinds of financial service professionals to foreign...
View ArticleQueens Criminal Court: “Stealing” and Ejaculating on Cell Phone Cover Not...
As set forth in New York Penal Law 155.05(1), the hallmark of any arrest involving misdemeanor Petit Larceny or felony Grand Larceny is that no matter the taking or the nature of the property involved,...
View ArticleIdentity Theft, Grand Larceny, Forgery and Criminal Impersonation: Criminal...
In this day and age, with computerized banking and depositing checks on a cell phone, jurisdiction in the context of financial crimes becomes a more and more difficult question for judges, criminal...
View ArticleDeprive and Appropriate: Critical Elements in a New York Grand Larceny...
What is “stealing” you ask? A mere taking of someone’s property without their permission or authority? Yes, in part, but actually much, much more. While those unfamiliar with the criminal law may see...
View ArticleTo Deprive, or Not to Deprive, that is the Larcenous Question: A Deeper Dive...
While many instances of theft seem simple enough, there is actually much more going on in any given theft from a legal point of view whether you are charged with any degree of Grand Larceny or Petit...
View ArticleRaise the Age, Extraordinary Circumstances, Adolescent Offenders and...
Perhaps the most common type of crime committed by young people in New York and beyond is theft. Whether it’s a privileged teenager stealing a magazine for a thrill, or a child who has fallen into gang...
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