New York Attorney General Letitia James is cracking down on a series of fraudulent entities trying to impersonate one of the most well-known Biglaw firms in New York: Sullivan & Cromwell LLP.
This week, James filed a lawsuit against a series of familiar, but not quite right, corporate entities: Sullivan & Cromwell LLC, Sullivan & Cromwel LLC, Sullivan & Kromwell LLC, Sullivan & Kromwel LLC, Sullivan & Cromwelll LLC, Sullivann & Cromwell LLC, and Sulivan & Cromwel LLC, under a state law that allows the AG to sue entities that “engage in repeated fraudulent or illegal acts or otherwise demonstrate persistent fraud or illegality in the carrying on, conducting or transaction of business.”
According to the complaint, the scammers behind these suspiciously named companies cashed almost $500,000 in checks intended for the Biglaw firm. The checks, issued by firm clients, were stolen and altered ever-so slightly to the fraudulent company’s name. Two altered checks were cleared by JP MorganChase, but a third, made payable to “Sullivan & Kromwell” didn’t pass the sniff test.
“These entities’ names closely resemble that of the Complainant without its permission, and use the Complainant’s address as their registered addresses without its permission,” as detailed in the filing.
James is asking for the dissolution of the entities and to block them from further allegedly fraudulent conduct.
Looks like even Donald Trump’s personal attorneys (S&C LLP) sometimes need the assistance of noted Trump enemy, Tish James.
Kathryn Rubino is a Senior Editor at Above the Law, host of The Jabot podcast, and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer. AtL tipsters are the best, so please connect with her. Feel free to email her with any tips, questions, or comments and follow her on Twitter @Kathryn1 or Mastodon @Kathryn1@mastodon.social.
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New York Attorney General Letitia James is cracking down on a series of fraudulent entities trying to impersonate one of the most well-known Biglaw firms in New York: Sullivan & Cromwell LLP.
This week, James filed a lawsuit against a series of familiar, but not quite right, corporate entities: Sullivan & Cromwell LLC, Sullivan & Cromwel LLC, Sullivan & Kromwell LLC, Sullivan & Kromwel LLC, Sullivan & Cromwelll LLC, Sullivann & Cromwell LLC, and Sulivan & Cromwel LLC, under a state law that allows the AG to sue entities that “engage in repeated fraudulent or illegal acts or otherwise demonstrate persistent fraud or illegality in the carrying on, conducting or transaction of business.”
According to the complaint, the scammers behind these suspiciously named companies cashed almost $500,000 in checks intended for the Biglaw firm. The checks, issued by firm clients, were stolen and altered ever-so slightly to the fraudulent company’s name. Two altered checks were cleared by JP MorganChase, but a third, made payable to “Sullivan & Kromwell” didn’t pass the sniff test.
“These entities’ names closely resemble that of the Complainant without its permission, and use the Complainant’s address as their registered addresses without its permission,” as detailed in the filing.
James is asking for the dissolution of the entities and to block them from further allegedly fraudulent conduct.
Looks like even Donald Trump’s personal attorneys (S&C LLP) sometimes need the assistance of noted Trump enemy, Tish James.
Kathryn Rubino is a Senior Editor at Above the Law, host of The Jabot podcast, and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer. AtL tipsters are the best, so please connect with her. Feel free to email her with any tips, questions, or comments and follow her on Twitter @Kathryn1 or Mastodon @[email protected].
