People v. Ahmad

OPINION OF THE COURT

Herbert I. Altman, J.

II

The application to dismiss counts 1-53 of the indictment, each charging the defendant with the crime of offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree (Penal Law, § 175.35), on the grounds that they are defective on their face and fail to state a crime is denied.

It is the defendant’s position that these counts are defective as each count merely alleges that the defendant submitted a false statement to Bradford Administrative Services, Inc. (hereinaf*411ter Bradford), a private profit-making organization and not a “public office or public…