People v. Ponnapula
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Sullivan, J.
This appeal is from the vacatur, for insufficiency of evidence, of a jury verdict convicting defendant of grand larceny in the first degree and falsifying business records in the first degree and dismissal of the indictment charging him with the commission of those crimes. Defendant’s conviction arose out of his actions in furtherance of a fraud to obtain a $1.9 million loan from the Bank of India.
The evidence at trial revealed the following. Dr. Ponnapula Sanjeer Prasad, defendant’s brother, was the owner and principal of a group known as the Prasad…
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