New York Laws
Article 11 - State Teachers' Retirement System for Public School Teachers
525 - Protection Against Fraud.

§ 525. Protection against fraud. 1. Any person who shall knowingly
make any false statement, or shall falsify or permit to be falsified any
record or records of this retirement system in any attempt to defraud
such system as a result of such act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and shall be punishable therefor under the laws of the state of New
York.

2. Any violation of subdivision one of this section that results in a
member or beneficiary of the retirement system receiving a benefit or
payment in excess of one thousand dollars more than he or she would have
been entitled to shall be a class E felony. Any violation of subdivision
one of this section that results in a member or beneficiary of the
retirement system to receive a benefit or payment in excess of three
thousand dollars more than he or she would have been entitled to shall
be a class D felony.

3. Should any change or error in records result in any employee or
beneficiary receiving from the retirement system more or less than he
would have been entitled to receive had the records been correct, then,
on the discovery of any such error, the retirement board shall correct
such error, and, as far as practicable, shall adjust the payments in
such a manner that the actuarial equivalent of the benefit to which he
was correctly entitled shall be paid.

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