People v. Singh

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Ulster County (Williams Jr., J), rendered June 8, 2012, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crimes of grand larceny in the second degree and criminal tax fraud in the fifth degree.

Defendant, the owner of a gas station and food mart, was involved in a scheme in which he, among other things, allowed customers to use food stamps for ineligible items and filed fraudulent tax returns. As a result, he was charged in an 18-count indictment with numerous theft-related crimes. In satisfaction thereof, he pleaded guilty to grand larceny in…