In re Gottlieb

OPINION OF THE COURT

On June 27, 1997, the respondent pleaded guilty in the *82United. States District Court for the Southern District of New York to one count of violating 18 USC § 1001 by making false statements to a United States trustee. He was sentenced to a five-month term of incarceration, five months’ in-home confinement, three years’ supervised release, a $5,000 fine, and restitution in the amount of $207,940.

The respondent’s conviction under 18 USC § 1001 is analogous to a conviction under Penal Law § 175.35, which makes it a class E felony to knowingly offer a false instrument for…