In re Clemente

Respondent was admitted to practice by this Court in 1973. He is retired from service as an attorney for the State of New York. He resides in the City of Albany.

On June 25, 2007, respondent was convicted in Albany City *1249Court upon his plea of guilty to one count of scheme to defraud in the second degree, a class A misdemeanor (see Penal Law § 190.60). According to the plea agreement, in 2000, respondent received health benefits from the New York Power Authority and the Capital District Physicians Health Plan on behalf of his ex-wife for which he was not eligible. He was sentenced to a…