In re Walpin

Respondent was admitted to the Bar in the First Judicial Department on November 2, 1942. On December 29, 1970 he was convicted upon his plea of guilty of conspiracy to defraud the Federal Housing Administration with respect to a multiple dwelling co-operative housing project. Respondent received a suspended sentence and was placed on probation for one year.

The gravamen of the conspiracy was that statements filed with the Federal Housing Administration falsely indicated that the ¡subscribers to a multiple dwelling co-operative housing project in which respondent was interested, had. fully paid…