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.
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