People v. Lofton

The defendant was convicted after trial without a jury, held before another Judge of this cotirt, now retired, who filed a written opinion (People v. Lofton, 73 Misc 2d 285) in which the defendant was found guilty of violating section 145 of the Social Services Law, a misdemeanor, in that while earning $54 per week from employment with the Board of Education, she fraudulently indorsed public assistance checks containing, above her indorsements, printed representations that she had disclosed all her earnings to the Department of Social Services when, in fact, she had concealed such earnings.…