This is a criminal case where Defendant, a former Police Chief of Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company, has been indicted and charged with computer trespass in violation of Penal Law § 156.10(2), unauthorized use of a computer in violation of PL § 156.05), falsifying business records in the first degree in…
A man filed an appeal from a judgment convicting him of insurance fraud in the first degree, grand larceny in the third degree, offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree, bribing a witness, criminal solicitation in the fourth degree, conspiracy in the fifth degree and a violation…
In this criminal action, defendants are the former chief executive officer (CEO) and chief financial officer (CFO) of a publicly-held diversified manufacturing company. After a nearly six-month trial, a jury convicted defendants of 12 counts of first degree grand larceny, eight counts of first degree falsifying business records, one count…
Sometime in 1970, Congress enacted the Securities Investor Protection Act (SIPA), as amended, which authorized the formation of respondent corporation, a private nonprofit corporation, of which most broker-dealers registered under § 15(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, § 78o(b), are required to be members. Whenever respondent determines that…
Complainant is a heart transplant nurse at a certain hospital who sued eight defendants for having allegedly violated the False Claims Act (“FCA”) by defrauding and conspiring to defraud the United States Treasury. She brought her suit under the qui tam provisions of the FCA which allow individual citizens to…
The savings bank filed a motion for summary judgment in its action against the mortgage corporation and the guarantors for breaches of loan agreement and guaranty agreement, respectively, by the latter and for their charges against another defendant for the commission of bank fraud. The plaintiff entered into a contract…
A motion was filed by the defendant for summary judgment of the case in its favor. The plaintiff is a Swiss bank that filed a case against the New York Company who committed bank fraud, particularly, fabricated and sold the promissory notes of the bank amounting to $5 million. A…
The savings bank filed a motion for summary judgment in its action against the mortgage corporation and the guarantors for breaches of loan agreement and guaranty agreement, respectively, by the latter and for their charges against another defendant for the commission of bank fraud. The plaintiff entered into a contract…
A motion was filed by the defendant for summary judgment of the case in its favor. The plaintiff is a Swiss bank that filed a case against the New York Company who committed bank fraud, particularly, fabricated and sold the promissory notes of the bank amounting to $5 million. The…
This case deals with the respondent Lewis Novod who is an attorney and counselor at law. The petitioner in the matter is the Departmental Disciplinary Committee for the First Judicial Department. The case is being heard in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, and First…