NY S04741

Restructures scheme to defraud offenses into five degrees (fifth through first), ranging from a class A misdemeanor to a class B felony, with escalating thresholds based on number of victims, property value obtained, and whether vulnerable elderly persons were targeted

Fifth degree (misdemeanor) applies to defrauding more than one person; first degree (class B felony) requires 1,000+ victims, property exceeding $1 million, or defrauding elderly persons of $50,000+

Creates new crime of harassment of a legal services client: second degree (class A misdemeanor) for lawyers who intentionally withhold client documents or unused retainer funds; first degree (class E felony) for threatening to reveal confidential information including immigration status to coerce payment

Simplifies proof requirements for larceny by false promise, removing language that required evidence "excluding to a moral certainty" every innocent hypothesis

Allows aggregation of property obtained from multiple clients across counties into a single larceny count in cases involving lawyers defrauding clients