Relates to schemes to defraud and establishing the crime of harassment of a legal services client; repealer

This bill restructures New York's fraud laws by creating five distinct degrees of "scheme to defraud," each with specific thresholds based on the number of victims, amount of property defrauded, or involvement of vulnerable elderly individuals. It replaces existing sections with new ones (190.60 to 190.68), classifying offenses from a class A misdemeanor (fifth degree) up to a class B felony (first degree) based on severity. The bill directly affects individuals committing fraud, particularly legal professionals or others engaging in systematic schemes, and updates references to these fraud levels in other laws like the General Business Law. It does not establish a new "harassment" crime for legal services clients, as noted in the abstract, but focuses solely on redefining fraud penalties.