In re Perrone

*36OPINION OF THE COURT

Respondent was admitted to the practice of law in the State of New York by the First Judicial Department on July 30, 1984. He was also admitted in New Jersey in 1984 and currently has his principal place of business in New Jersey.

On February 10, 2000, respondent pleaded guilty to a one-count information filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, which charged mail fraud in violation of 18 USC §§ 1341 and 1342, a felony, for falsifying his wife’s employment in order to obtain a mortgage in her name only. Based upon this conduct, the Supreme…