New York Penal Code § 175.45

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

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