ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York State Police on Wednesday, July 23 arrested attorney Jessica M. Saks on one count of third-degree grand larceny and one count of offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree. The arrest resulted from an investigation by the New York State Police Special Investigations Unit in Rochester. […]
ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York State Police on Wednesday, July 23 arrested attorney Jessica M. Saks on one count of third-degree grand larceny and one count of offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree.
The arrest resulted from an investigation by the New York State Police Special Investigations Unit in Rochester. That unit received a complaint in June 2024 that Saks, while employed as the chief attorney of the Schuyler County and Chemung County Children’s Law Office, to the Supreme Court, Appellate Division Third Judicial Department, falsified receipts and financial records. That resulted in New York State reimbursing her $19,957 that Saks was not legally entitled to receive.
By allegedly overstating or forging bills, she received financial benefits that were intended for other employees in her office as well as received reimbursement for personal expenses that were not related to her employment by the court, the State Police said. Saks was arraigned in Albany City Court and released pending future court dates.
