As an admission, Farmland's guilty plea was also probative evidence of its criminal conduct ( People v. Compton, 38 A.D.2d 788; Quay v. Hertz Corp., 29 A.D.2d 713). In New York delicensure matters, even a foreign conviction based upon a plea of nolo contendere is evidence of the underlying misconduct ( Matter of Adel, 41 A.D.2d 509, 510). In view of Fair Lawn's officer's testimony that it is the "family" of Farmland companies that seeks to do business in Nassau and Suffolk Counties, the commissioner was also fully justified in equating Farmland's prior misconduct with that of Fair Lawn, its wholly owned subsidiary.
Concomitantly, we hold that the order of the Board, based on a plea of nolo contendere, was based on substantial evidence. See Adel v. Bar Ass'n of Erie County, 41 App. Div. 2d 509, 344 N.Y.S.2d 110 (1973); see also Maryland State Bar Ass'n, Inc. v. Agnew, 271 Md. 543, 318 A.2d 811 (1974). We also find Friedman's other contentions to be without merit.