N.Y. Penal Law Section 190.60
Scheme to defraud in the second degree

1.

A person is guilty of a scheme to defraud in the second degree when he engages in a scheme constituting a systematic ongoing course of conduct with intent to defraud more than one person or to obtain property from more than one person by false or fraudulent pretenses, representations or promises, and so obtains property from one or more of such persons.

2.

In any prosecution under this section, it shall be necessary to prove the identity of at least one person from whom the defendant so obtained property, but it shall not be necessary to prove the identity of any other intended victim. Scheme to defraud in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.

Source: Section 190.60 — Scheme to defraud in the second degree, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/PEN/190.­60 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Nov. 8, 2025).

190.00
Issuing a bad check 190.05
Issuing a bad check 190.10
Issuing a bad check 190.15
Issuing a bad check 190.20
False advertising 190.23
False personation 190.25
Criminal impersonation in the second degree 190.26
Criminal impersonation in the first degree 190.27
Criminal sale of a police uniform 190.30
Unlawfully concealing a will 190.35
Misconduct by corporate official 190.40
Criminal usury in the second degree 190.42
Criminal usury in the first degree 190.45
Possession of usurious loan records 190.50
Unlawful collection practices 190.55
Making a false statement of credit terms 190.60
Scheme to defraud in the second degree 190.65
Scheme to defraud in the first degree 190.70
Scheme to defraud the state by unlawfully selling prescriptions 190.72
Unauthorized radio transmission 190.75
Criminal use of an access device in the second degree 190.76
Criminal use of an access device in the first degree 190.77
Offenses involving theft of identity 190.78
Identity theft in the third degree 190.79
Identity theft in the second degree 190.80
Identity theft in the first degree 190.80–A
Aggravated identity theft 190.81
Unlawful possession of personal identification information in the third degree 190.82
Unlawful possession of personal identification information in the second degree 190.83
Unlawful possession of personal identification information in the first degree 190.84
Defenses 190.85
Unlawful possession of a skimmer device in the second degree 190.86
Unlawful possession of a skimmer device in the first degree 190.87
Immigrant assistant services fraud in the second degree 190.89
Immigrant assistance services fraud in the first degree 190.90
Unlawful compensation in a veterans’ benefits matter
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Verified:
Nov. 8, 2025

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

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