One of the most common crimes prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys in New York (Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx and beyond) is the offense of Assault in the Third Degree pursuant to New York Penal Law 120.00. When one is accused of Assault in the Third Degree, the prosecution must set…
If you possess a fake, fraudulent or forged credit card, you may be charged with a “D” felony in New York in violation of New York Penal Law 170.25, Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument in the Second Degree. It makes no difference whether the credit card is completely fake,…
Grabbing yet another headline, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced the indictment of four individuals and numerous companies for their involvement in an alleged Medicaid Fraud Scheme to the tune of $5.7 million. According to Attorney General Cuomo, three men, David Ibragimov, his son Arthur Ibragimov and his son-in-law Mikhail Isakov,…
The New York criminal defense lawyers and former Manhattan prosecutors at Saland Law PC are pleased to announce another victory for a client charged with Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree for possessing a “loaded” firearm at John F. Kennedy (JFK) Airport in Queens. Although our client,…
New York criminal defense attorneys routinely hear it from their clients. “I was framed” or “I was entrapped.” While often times a New York criminal defense lawyer can dissect and locate errors in the investigation, arrest procedure or paperwork of a criminal case, establishing that a client is the victim…
You go into a restaurant in Manhattan or store in Brooklyn and pay with cash. It turns out, one of the $20 or $100 dollar bills is fake and a forgery. In the alternative, you are arrested for an unrelated charge in Queens and when you are searched, the police…
In the first entry in the New York Gambling Crimes series, I addressed the crime of Promoting Gambling in New York (Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, Westchester or any other County in New York State) as well as the dry, yet important, definitions underlying this and other gambling statutes. Today’s entry…
The New York criminal defense attorneys at Saland Law PC are pleased to announce that we recently expanded the New York White Collar Crime section of our website. While each case requires its own analysis and the information on the website and blog should not be used as advice, the…
Manhattan, home to Wall Street and other global institutions, has always viewed itself as the center of the financial universe in terms of growth, management and even fraud. Once again, however, the Queens County District Attorney’s Office may have taken a larger share of the “fraud pie.” According to the…
To the likely chagrin of the hard partying summer Hamptons crowd, Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota is already cracking down on the “fun” before the season has even started. District Attorney Spota has announced that twenty people have been arrested in a heroin ring in and around the East…