In re Zadan

OPINION OF THE COURT

On May 13, 1991, the respondent was convicted, upon his *66guilty plea, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, of submission of a false document in violation of 18 USC § 1001, a felony.

We have previously held that 18 USC § 1001 is essentially similar to New York Penal Law § 175.35, offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree, a class E felony. (Matter of Krup, 136 AD2d 351; Matter of Mydanick, 78 AD2d 339, lv denied 53 NY2d 604).

Pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90 (4), the respondent ceased to be an attorney and counselor-at-law…