New York Legal professional Common Letitia James is cracking down on a sequence of fraudulent entities attempting to impersonate one of the crucial well-known Biglaw corporations in New York: Sullivan & Cromwell LLP.
This week, James filed a lawsuit towards a sequence of acquainted, however not fairly proper, company entities: Sullivan & Cromwell LLC, Sullivan & Cromwel LLC, Sullivan & Kromwell LLC, Sullivan & Kromwel LLC, Sullivan & Cromwelll LLC, Sullivann & Cromwell LLC, and Sulivan & Cromwel LLC, beneath a state regulation that permits the AG to sue entities that “interact in repeated fraudulent or unlawful acts or in any other case display persistent fraud or illegality within the carrying on, conducting or transaction of enterprise.”
In accordance with the grievance, the scammers behind these suspiciously named corporations cashed nearly $500,000 in checks meant for the Biglaw agency. The checks, issued by agency purchasers, had been stolen and altered ever-so barely to the fraudulent firm’s identify. Two altered checks had been cleared by JP MorganChase, however a 3rd, made payable to “Sullivan & Kromwell” didn’t cross the sniff take a look at.
“These entities’ names intently resemble that of the Complainant with out its permission, and use the Complainant’s handle as their registered addresses with out its permission,” as detailed within the submitting.
James is asking for the dissolution of the entities and to dam them from additional allegedly fraudulent conduct.
Seems to be like even Donald Trump’s personal attorneys (S&C LLP) typically want the help of noted Trump enemy, Tish James.
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