Statutes > New York Statutes > PEN - Penal > Part 3 - SPECIFIC OFFENSES > Title J - OFFENSES INVOLVING THEFT > Article 158 - (158.00 - 158.50) WELFARE FRAUD > 158.50 - Criminal possession of public benefit cards in the first degree.

158.50 - Criminal possession of public benefit cards in the first degree.

§  158.50  Criminal  possession  of  public  benefit  cards in the first             degree.    A person is guilty of criminal possession of public benefit  cards  in  the  first  degree  when  he  or  she with intent to defraud, deceive or  injure another, knowingly possesses twenty-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 first degree is a  class C felony.