Wunderlich v. New York State Education Department

Petitioner holds accounting and business administration degrees and is employed as the controller of a Connecticut-*1346based hedge fund company. In 2006, he applied for licensure as a certified public accountant (hereinafter CPA) in New York. On his application, petitioner disclosed that he had been arrested in 2005 and charged with promoting gambling in the first degree. Petitioner pleaded guilty to attempted promoting gambling in the first degree and was sentenced to three years of probation and a fine. Due to his arrest and conviction, petitioner’s application was referred to the Department of…