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Home » US Law » 2022 New York Laws » Consolidated Laws » PEN - Penal » Part 3 - Specific Offenses » Title J - Offenses Involving Theft » Article 158 - Welfare Fraud » 158.40 – Criminal Possession of Public Benefit Cards in the Third Degree.
§  158.40  Criminal  possession  of  public  benefit  cards in the third

degree.

A person is guilty of criminal possession of public benefit cards in the third degree when he or she with intent to defraud, deceive or injure another, knowingly possesses five or more public benefit cards in a name or names other than the person's own name.

Criminal possession of public benefit cards in the third degree is a class E felony.