SYRACUSE – November 9, 2015 – (RealEstateRama) — Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced today the arrest and indictment of attorney Jon A. Lefkowitz, 46, of Brooklyn, NY and the indictment of Alexander March, 33, currently a fugitive in Canada. Both defendants have been charged with impersonating attorneys and forging judicial subpoenas in an attempt to discredit witnesses testimony in a jury trial against the wife of Alex March, which led to an indictment of March, his wife Sima March and two others for a mortgage fraud scheme in 2011.
Lefkowitz was arraigned on the count indictment today before the Honorable Anthony F. Aloi in Onondaga County Court who set bail in the amount of 10,000 cash or bond. Lefkowitz was charged with Forgery in the Second Degree, a Class D felony, in violation of Penal Law §170.10(1) (4 counts); Tampering with a Witness in the Fourth Degree, a Class A misdemeanor, in violation of Penal law §§215.10(a) and (b) (10 counts); Criminal Impersonation in the Second Degree, a Class A misdemeanor, in violation of Penal Law §§190.25(1) and (2) (2 counts); and Conspiracy in the Sixth Degree, a class B misdemeanor, in violation of Penal Law § 105.00 (1 count).
The case is being investigated by Attorney General Investigators Samuel Scotellaro and David Buske, led by Deputy Chief Investigator Tony Karam. The Investigations Bureau is led by Chief Dominick Zarrella.
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