Statute · New York Penal Law
N.Y. Penal Law § 190.70 — Scheme to defraud the state by unlawfully selling prescriptions
N.Y. Penal Law § 190.70
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- New York Penal Law
- Jurisdiction
- New York
- Current through
- Nov 5, 2026 (NY Senate Open Legislation)
§ 190.70 Scheme to defraud the state by unlawfully selling
Citator
N.Y. Penal Law § 190.70 — Scheme to defraud the state by unlawfully selling prescriptions is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
§ 190.70 Scheme to defraud the state by unlawfully selling
prescriptions.
A person is guilty of a scheme to defraud the state by unlawfully selling prescriptions when he or she engages, with intent to defraud the state, in a scheme constituting a systematic, ongoing course of conduct to make, sell, deliver for sale or offer for sale one or more prescriptions and so obtains goods or services from the state with a value in excess of one thousand dollars or causes the state to reimburse another in excess of one thousand dollars for the delivery of such goods or services.
Scheme to defraud the state by unlawfully selling prescriptions is a class A misdemeanor.