New York Legal professional Common Letitia James is cracking down on a sequence of fraudulent entities making an attempt to impersonate one of the vital well-known Biglaw corporations in New York: Sullivan & Cromwell LLP.
This week, James filed a lawsuit in opposition to 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 legislation that permits the AG to sue entities that “interact in repeated fraudulent or unlawful acts or in any other case show persistent fraud or illegality within the carrying on, conducting or transaction of enterprise.”
In line with the grievance, the scammers behind these suspiciously named corporations cashed virtually $500,000 in checks supposed for the Biglaw agency. The checks, issued by agency shoppers, have been stolen and altered ever-so barely to the fraudulent firm’s identify. Two altered checks have 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 tackle 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.
Appears like even Donald Trump’s private attorneys (S&C LLP) typically want the help of famous Trump enemy, Tish James.
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