N.Y. Penal Law § 190.25: Criminal impersonation in the second degree

§ 190.25 Criminal impersonation in the second degree.

A person is guilty of criminal impersonation in the second degree when

he:

1. Impersonates another and does an act in such assumed character with

intent to obtain a benefit or to injure or defraud another; or

2. Pretends to be a representative of some person or organization and

does an act in such pretended capacity with intent to obtain a benefit

or to injure or defraud another; or

3. (a) Pretends to be a public servant, or wears or displays without

authority any uniform, badge, insignia or facsimile thereof by which

such public servant is lawfully distinguished, or falsely expresses by

his words or actions that he is a public servant or is acting with

approval or authority of a public agency or department; and (b) so acts

with intent to induce another to submit to such pretended official

authority, to solicit funds or to otherwise cause another to act in

reliance upon that pretense; or

4. Impersonates another by communication by internet website or

electronic means with intent to obtain a benefit or injure or defraud

another, or by such communication pretends to be a public servant in

order to induce another to submit to such authority or act in reliance

on such pretense; or

5. Impersonates another person, without such other person's

permission, by using the other person's electronic signature with intent

to obtain a benefit or injure or defraud the other person or another

person. For the purposes of this subdivision, electronic signature shall

have the same meaning as set forth in subdivision three of section three

hundred two of the state technology law.

Criminal impersonation in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.