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SNAP Violation Examples
- October 3, 2025
- Criminal Defense
SNAP Violations and Legal Consequences The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) contains a wealth of rules and regulations intended to insure that needy households have necessary food. Violations of the SNAP rules undermine the purpose of the program. If you’re a retailer who serves SNAP recipients or you’re one yourself,…
Read MoreRetail Food Stamp Fraud Investigated by the USDA
- October 3, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
Retail food stores are expected to comply with USDA laws and regulations relating to food stamps. Failure to do this can lead to investigations and disqualification from the food program. Government food programs are created to help needy families and individuals. Beneficiaries of these programs are given an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card to…
Read MoreSNAP Violation Letter
- October 3, 2025
- Criminal Defense
How to Handle a SNAP Violation Letter If your grocery store is licensed to accept EBT, then you should be in the market for a SNAP Violation Defense Attorney. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) will send out a SNAP Violation Letter in the event that they believe an…
Read MoreSNAP Trafficking Charge Letter
- October 3, 2025
- Criminal Defense
SNAP Trafficking Charge Letter: What Retailers Need to Know Being a retailer in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) means that you can service low income customers. You might be surprised how this can sustain your business. Selling to snap recipients comes with important legal duties designed to keep fraud…
Read MoreSNAP Benefits Trafficking
- October 3, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
SNAP Benefits Trafficking remains the most serious offense an EBT retailer can be accused of. Interestingly, it is also the most common SNAP violation that the USDA charges. If you have been accused of trafficking in SNAP benefits at your store, the sanctions come harsh and swift, and criminal charges are a strong possibility. It is important to understand…
Read MoreQueens Rape Lawyers
- October 3, 2025
- NYC Criminal Lawyers
Rape Charges in Queens, New York: Understanding the Severity and Your Defense The Seriousness of a Rape Accusation Being accused of rape is a serious matter. Indeed, the accusation in itself has the power to cast your life into complete ruin. You must act quickly and decisively if you have…
Read MoreQueens Mail Fraud Lawyer
- October 3, 2025
- NYC Criminal Lawyers
Mail Fraud: Federal Crime Overview It was all the way back in 1872 that the crime of mail fraud first received federal status. What this means it that it was upgraded from a simple state level crime to something far more serious. It carries with it all of the penalties of a federal crime when…
Read MoreTransfer of Ownership Civil Money Penalty – TOCMP
- October 3, 2025
- Criminal Defense
The Consequences of Selling or Transferring a Store Disqualified from SNAP The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has the authority to impose civil money penalties on retailers who sell or transfer a store that has been permanently disqualified from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). This means that if…
Read MoreUSDA SNAP CMP – Civil Money Penalty
- October 3, 2025
- Criminal Defense
The USDA may impose a civil money penalty, known as a CMP, in lieu of permanent disqualification for trafficking. The CMP must be requested within 10 calendar days of receiving a charge letter from the USDA. The USDA does not give extensions for time to request a CMP in lieu…
Read MoreUSDA SNAP Retailer Trafficking
- October 3, 2025
- Criminal Defense
SNAP Retailer Trafficking: What You Need to Know (And How We Can Help) You own a small convenience store that accepts SNAP (food stamps). Business has been tough lately, so you were relieved when that new guy in the neighborhood offered a way to make some extra cash.He said all…
Read MoreNY Vehicle and Traffic Law 1192.3 – New York Refusal DWI
- October 3, 2025
- Criminal Defense
Understanding DWI Refusal Charges: VTL 1192.3 in New York Although Vehicle and Traffic Law 1192.2 in New York states a blood alcohol content (BAC) reading of at least 0.08% is per se proof of intoxication, VTL 1192.3 doens’t have the same standard. In most cases, an individual will be charged under a VTL 1192.2 and a…
Read MoreResidential Mortgage Fraud In The Second Degree: New York Penal Law 187.20
- October 3, 2025
- Criminal Defense
Understanding Residential Mortgage Fraud in the Second Degree When you apply for a mortgage, you submit paperwork that allows you to seek a preapproval and a subsequent mortgage. The preapproval process is very important in New York. Most realtors won’t even deal with a buyer who doesn’t have a preapproval letter from…
Read MoreSTATE LIQUOR AUTHORITY violations lawyers
- October 3, 2025
- NYC Criminal Lawyers
Protect Legal Interests with a State Liquor Authority Violations Lawyer An allegation that a business has violated regulations associated with a liquor license can have severe consequences. If you are a business owner or manager that faces the prospect of an allegation liquor law or regulation violation, you need to…
Read MoreSNAP Violation Defense Lawyers
- October 3, 2025
- Criminal Defense
SNAP Violation Defense Lawyers Any retailer that accepts EBT payments for the SNAP program is at risk of eventually receiving a SNAP violation letter. If there are any transactions the United States Department of Agriculture or USDA sees as being fraudulent, the letter will come and show hundreds or thousands…
Read MoreWhat is a New York City Desk Appearance Ticket (DAT)?
- October 3, 2025
- Criminal Defense
Understanding Desk Appearance Tickets: Why DATs Require Serious Legal Defense Most violations in New York are treated in a similar manner by the court system. If they are of a certain degree of severity, they result in a traditional arrest and arraignment. Defendants know the severity of charges after an…
Read MoreSNAP Charging Letter – What Not to Say to the USDA
- October 3, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
SNAP Charging Letter: What Not to Say to the USDA SNAP benefits are issued to millions of US residents each year, and they come with strict laws. There are many laws in effect for both those who use SNAP benefits and those who accept them. If you are a store or business owner…
Read MoreSNAP Defense of a Grocery Store Lawyers
- October 3, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
SNAP Defense of a Grocery Store: Legal Representation for Violations What is SNAP? The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is referred to commonly as SNAP. It’s a program issued by the United States government to those who struggle with their finances and are unable to provide healthy and basic nutrients to…
Read MoreNYC / New York New Liquor License Applications Lawyers
- October 3, 2025
- Criminal Defense
Liquor Licenses: A Complete Legal Guide for NYC Bars and Restaurants Liquor licenses are the lifeblood of almost all bars and restaurants. They are the funding source which keeps these fickle businesses afloat through market downturns and changing tastes in food. However, a liquor license can take a considerable amount of…
Read MoreSnap Civil Money Penalties Lawyers
- October 3, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
Owning a store that accepts SNAP benefits from those in need of financial assistance keeping their families healthy is a major responsibility. The USDA is in charge of this program and the monitoring of it to ensure people are doing what needs doing and appropriately using their benefits, and they are tough on those…
Read MoreSnap Judicial Appeals Lawyers
- October 3, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
Defending Your Business Against SNAP Violation Allegations As more people rely on SNAP benefits to buy groceries, numerous businesses have come to rely on these customers to provide them with a large portion of their business. Thus, when the state decides to come along and accuse your business of violating…
Read MoreSNAP Grocery Store Defense
- October 3, 2025
- Federal Defense Lawyers
Understanding SNAP and Its Importance to Retailers SNAP benefits are an important part of the business of many grocery stores. The SNAP or food stamp program is one of the largest and most extensive welfare programs that the federal government offers. Millions of families make ends meet with these funds, and they utilize them in…
Read MoreNY Penal Law § 158.30: Criminal Use of a Public Benefit Card in the Second Degree
- October 3, 2025
- Criminal Defense
Criminal Use of a Public Benefit Card in the Second Degree – New York New York law prohibits people from using another person’s public benefit identification documents to receive public assistance benefits. such as health coverage, SNAP food benefits, or other public assistance benefits. If you were to accept another person’s electronic benefit…
Read MoreNY Penal Law § 176.10: Insurance Fraud in the Fifth Degree
- October 3, 2025
- Criminal Defense
Insurance Fraud in the Fifth Degree What is Insurance Fraud? Insurance fraud is among the white collar crimes that entails deceiving an insurance company in order to receive insurance money. This statute covers fraud that involves any type of insurance policy, plan or arrangement including life insurance, property or…
Read MoreNY Penal Law § 176.20: Insurance fraud in the third degree
- October 3, 2025
- NYC Criminal Lawyers
Insurance fraud is among the white collar crimes that entails deceiving an insurance company in order to receive insurance money. This statute covers fraud that involves any type of insurance policy, plan or arrangement including life insurance, property or home owner’s insurance, automobile insurance, health insurance, workers’ compensation, commercial insurance, and publicly funded insurance programs, such as Medicare or Medicaid. Faking a…
Read MoreSNAP Permanent Disqualification Reversal Lawyers
- October 3, 2025
- Criminal Defense
SNAP Permanent Disqualification Reversal If you are a business owner who owns a grocery store, convenience store or other type of business that sells food products, you may have decided to participate in the SNAP program. Basically, this means that you might have chosen to accept food stamps as a means…
Read MoreNY Penal Law § 145.23: Cemetery Desecration in the First Degree
- October 3, 2025
- NYC Criminal Lawyers
Cemetery desecration is a crime that can entail stealing from or vandalizing a cemetery plot, grave, tomb, mausoleum, burial place or other place of interment of human remains. Some common activities associated with the crime of cemetery desecration include damaging headstoness by knocking them over, spray painting or marking headstoness…
Read MoreNY Penal Law § 145.40: Tampering with a Consumer Product in the Second Degree
- October 3, 2025
- NYC Criminal Lawyers
These days, a multitude of consumer products have specially designed caps and seals to stop people from tampering with what’s inside the package. Warning labels alert consumers that if a seal is broken or if the product packaging looks as though it has been tampered with, then they should not…
Read MoreNY Penal Law § 145.45: Tampering with a Consumer Product in the First Degree
- October 3, 2025
- NYC Criminal Lawyers
Since the early 1980’s, a multitude of consumer products have specially designed caps and seals to stop people from tampering with what’s inside the package. Warning labels alert consumers that if a seal is broken or if the product packaging looks as though it has been tampered with, then they…
Read MoreNY Penal Law § 125.10: Criminally Negligent Homicide
- October 3, 2025
- NYC Criminal Lawyers
Although the crime of homicide frequently involves intentionally causing the death of another individual, it can also involve bringing about the death of another person through negligence. The offense of criminally negligent homicide involves bringing about someone’s death by acting in a manner that could be considered reckless, inattentive, or…
Read MoreNY Penal Law § 125.11: Aggravated Criminally Negligent Homicide
- October 3, 2025
- NYC Criminal Lawyers
Although the crime of homicide frequently involves intentionally causing the death of another individual, it can also involve bringing about the death of another person through negligence. Whether the killing is intentional or unintentional, if the victim is a peace officer or a police officer, the crime is viewed as…
Read MoreNY Penal Law § 125.15: Manslaughter in the Second Degree
- October 3, 2025
- NYC Criminal Lawyers
If any actions that you take result in the death of another individual, even if it was not your intention that the person die, you could be charged with a serious criminal offense. There are different terms in the New York criminal code used to describe criminal offenses related to…
Read MoreNY Penal Law § 125.22: Aggravated Manslaughter in the First Degree
- October 3, 2025
- NYC Criminal Lawyers
Killing a police officer or peace officer is a serious crime. This is the case even if you did not intend to kill the officer, but your actions indicated that you did intend to injure the officer. Under New York Penal Law § 125.22 you could be prosecuted for aggravated…
Read MoreNY Penal Law § 125.25: Murder in the Second Degree
- October 3, 2025
- NYC Criminal Lawyers
In the event that you intentionally or recklessly bring about the death of another individual, you could be up against a homicide charge. There are a number of different offenses in the New York criminal code that are related to taking the life of another individual. These include homicide, manslaughter…
Read MoreNY Penal Law § 125.27: Murder in the First Degree
- October 3, 2025
- NYC Criminal Lawyers
If you cause the death of another person with intent to do so, you will face a homicide charge. There are a number of different offenses in the New York criminal code connected with the crime of taking the life of another person. These include homicide, manslaughter and murder. Of…
Read MoreNY Penal Law § 125.26: Aggravated Murder
- October 3, 2025
- NYC Criminal Lawyers
If you intentionally cause the death of another person, you will face a homicide charge. There are a number of different offenses in the New York criminal code connected with the crime of taking the life of another person. These include homicide, manslaughter and murder. Of all of the offenses…
Read MoreNY Penal Law § 125.12: Vehicular Manslaughter in the Second Degree
- October 3, 2025
- NYC Criminal Lawyers
In the event that you are intoxicated from having used drugs or alcohol, and you kill someone while you are driving a car, minivan, SUV or any other type of vehicle, you could face the charge of vehicular manslaughter. In the New York criminal code, three different types of criminal…
Read MoreNY Penal Law § 125.13: Vehicular Manslaughter in the First Degree
- October 3, 2025
- NYC Criminal Lawyers
If you strike and kill a pedestrian or another driver with your vehicle, it could be perceived as much more than just a bad car accident. It might also be a serious criminal offense. Pursuant to New York’s criminal code, if you are driving your car while you are intoxicated…
Read MoreNY Penal Law § 125.55: Self-Abortion in the First Degree
- October 3, 2025
- NYC Criminal Lawyers
An abortion or abortional act is defined as carrying out an action that is intended to cause a miscarriage. The abortion can be a physical illegal operation that is performed upon a pregnant woman, or it can be carried out by the taking of medication to induce a miscarriage. If a woman carries out…
Read MoreNY Penal Law § 156.20: Computer Tampering in the Fourth Degree
- October 3, 2025
- Criminal Defense
Computer Tampering in the Fourth Degree: Understanding NY Penal Law § 156.20 In the New York criminal code, the definition of “unlawful access of computers” is illegally accessing a computer or computer network, or allowing another person to have access. Unauthorized access of a computer can include a number of different activities including…
Read MoreNY Penal Law § 156.25: Computer Tampering in the Third Degree
- October 3, 2025
- Criminal Defense
Computer Tampering in the Third Degree: Understanding NY Penal Law § 156.25 In the New York Penal code, the definition of “unlawful access of computers” is illegally accessing a computer or computer network, or allowing another person to have access. The crime of unauthorized access of a computer can entail a number of different activities,…
Read MoreNY Penal Law § 156.26: Computer Tampering in the Second Degree
- October 3, 2025
- NYC Criminal Lawyers
Computer Tampering in the Second Degree in New York What is Computer Tampering? If you gain access to a computer without authorization and then alter or destroy computer data or a computer program, you will have committed the crime of computer tampering. The crime of unauthorized access of a computer…
Read MoreNY Penal Law § 121.12: Strangulation in the Second Degree
- October 3, 2025
- NYC Criminal Lawyers
To cause someone to stop breathing or to obstruct that person’s ability to breathe is against the law. Such actions are considered extremely serious by New York law enforcement because they frequently lead to severe injuries and even death. There are 3 criminal offenses under New York law related to…
Read MoreNY Penal Law § 121.13: Strangulation in the First Degree
- October 3, 2025
- NYC Criminal Lawyers
Choking and strangling are the kinds of violent acts that are frequently associated with cases of domestic violence. Strangulation is defined under New York’s criminal code as causing another individual to stop breathing or obstructing that person’s normal ability to breathe. Three criminal offenses in the criminal code are related…
Read MoreNY Penal Law § 135.10: Unlawful Imprisonment in the First Degree
- October 3, 2025
- NYC Criminal Lawyers
Sometimes referred to as false imprisonment, the term “unlawful imprisonment” is defined in the New York penal code as detaining another person without legal authorization or against that person’s will. Unlawful imprisonment customarily takes place when one person prevents another person from leaving a vehicle, room, building, or some other…
Read MoreNY Penal Law § 135.20: Kidnapping in the Second Degree
- October 3, 2025
- NYC Criminal Lawyers
Kidnapping is among the most serious crimes listed in the New York criminal code. It entails restraining someone and secreting them away so that the individual cannot be found. While kidnapping is customarily associated with a demand for a ransom payment, a ransom demand is not a required element to…
Read MoreNY Penal Law § 135.35: Labor Trafficking
- October 3, 2025
- NYC Criminal Lawyers
The term “labor trafficking” is a contemporary term that basically means slavery. It speaks of making a person perform work by the use of force, fraud, or coercion. There are numerous types of labor trafficking, including forcing a person to work to pay off a debt, making someone do work…
Read MoreNY Penal Law § 135.45: Custodial Interference in the Second Degree
- October 3, 2025
- NYC Criminal Lawyers
Child custody cases can often become rather contentious. Ultimately, the judge must render the decision as to custody and visitation between the parents. Nonetheless, there are times when one of the parents disagrees with the decision and chooses to take matters into his or her own hands. If a parent…
Read MoreNY Penal Law § 135.50: Custodial Interference in the First Degree
- October 3, 2025
- NYC Criminal Lawyers
There are numerous laws established to protect the welfare of children. A number of these laws are specifically designed to protect children as well as certain adults who are in the lawful custody of an individual or an institution. If you remove a person from the lawful custody of another…
Read MoreNY Penal Law § 135.65: Coercion in the First Degree
- October 3, 2025
- NYC Criminal Lawyers
Coercion is a criminal offense that entails one person forcing another person to do, or to refrain from doing something against that individual’s will. Coercion customarily involves some type of threat, including but not limited to the threat of physical violence, of damaging a person’s physical property or the exposing…
Read MoreNY Penal Law § 155.25: Petit Larceny
- October 3, 2025
- NYC Criminal Lawyers
In New York criminal law, larceny is a legal term for theft or stealing. In general, there are two types of larceny. There is petit larceny and there is grand larceny. You would face a charge of petit larceny under New York Penal Code § 155.25 if you steal property….
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