Commercial bribing in the first degree · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 180.03 Commercial bribing in the first degree.
A person is guilty of commercial bribing in the first degree when he confers, or offers or agrees to confer, any benefit upon any employee, agent or fiduciary without the consent of the latter's employer or principal, with intent to influence his conduct in relation to his employer's or principal's affairs, and when the value of the benefit conferred or offered or agreed to be conferred exceeds one thousand dollars and causes economic harm to the employer or principal in an amount exceeding two hundred fifty dollars.
Commercial bribing in the first degree is a class E felony.
A person commits first-degree commercial bribing by giving, offering, or agreeing to give a benefit to an employee, agent, or fiduciary without the employer’s or principal’s consent, intending to influence conduct in that party’s affairs, when the benefit exceeds $1,000 and causes economic harm exceeding $250. ★ It is a class E felony.
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 4 — The Court Clerk: Penal Law; Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Court Officer: Penal Law; Volume 3 — Your Career: Penal Law in Plain English.