Identity Theft, Forgery and Grand Larceny crimes are fairly easy crimes to perpetrate and depending your scheme, fairly easy to get away with. That is, of course, until you get lazy, sloppy or greedy and you get caught. Why, however, risk significant mandatory incarceration by selling cocaine or firearms when…
Under New York’s larceny laws and theft crimes statutes, certain crimes and offenses are completed at the time they are committed. Take, for example, Grand Larceny, pursuant to Article 155 of the New York Penal Law. Under New York Penal Law 155.30, a person commits Grand Larceny in the Fourth…
When we think about theft and larceny in New York, it seems reasonable to assume that the dollar value of a stolen item will be more relevant to the crime than the actual item itself. For example, if you are charged with Grand Larceny by Embezzlement, the courts are not…