Did you even read that article before you linked it?
every one of those 5 instances were for another crime. what was the "other crime"?
New York Penal Law § 175.10 defines the crime of falsifying business records in the first degree. It's a class E felony, meaning a conviction could result in up to four years in prison. Specifically, this crime is committed when a person falsifies business records, and their intent to defraud includes the intent to commit another crime or to aid or conceal the commission of another crime.