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Terms Used In N.Y. General Business Law 352-D

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.

A person, partnership, corporation, company, trust or association or any agent or employee thereof that, having engaged in any act or practice constituting a violation of section three hundred fifty-two-c of this article, commits additional acts under such circumstances as to constitute a felony, the crime of conspiracy, petit larceny, or more than one of the aforesaid, is punishable therefor, as well as for the violation of that section, and may be prosecuted for each crime, separately or in the same information or indictment, notwithstanding any other provision of law.