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The interpretation of 'intent to defraud' in the context of falsifying business records, including its broad application and the lack of necessity for a specific target of the fraud.
A Manhattan jury convicted Donald J. Trump on 34 separate counts of Falsifying Business Records in the First Degree — each count corresponding to a false entry in Trump Organization records that prose...
The Manhattan indictment charged Donald Trump with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree — a statutory route that upgrades what is ordinarily a misdemeanor into a felony when th...
New York law already treated falsifying business records as a misdemeanor but elevated it to a felony when done to conceal another crime; prosecutors charged Donald Trump under that felony provision a...
The trial record assembled by Manhattan prosecutors presented voluminous documentary and testimonial proof — invoices, checks, bank statements, audio recordings, phone logs, text messages and testimon...
New York appellate courts have repeatedly upheld falsifying business records convictions while interpreting the statute broadly on intent and permitting convictions even when jurors are not unanimous ...