In re Sands

OPINION OF THE COURT

The 59-year-old respondent was admitted to practice in the Second Department on November 1, 1944, under the *62name Ira Schlusselberg. In December, 1981 he was convicted on plea of guilty in United States District Court for the Southern District of New York of four counts of mail fraud, for which he was sentenced to fines totaling $4,000 and concurrent prison terms of 30 months. Respondent is now confined at the level 1 (minimum security) Federal prison camp at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. These being “serious crimes” under the terms of the Judiciary Law (§ 90, subd 4, par…