Defendant did not preserve his argument that assumption of a corporation's identity cannot constitute identity theft, and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. As an alternative holding, we reject it on the merits. The corporation from which defendant stole by making unauthorized online transfers of funds to his personal accounts qualified as a "person" within the meaning of Penal Law § 10.00 (7) (see People v Assi,
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