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N.Y. Penal Law § 190.80-a: Aggravated identity theft

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  1. Penal Law
  2. Part 3. Specific Offenses
  3. Title K. Offenses Involving Fraud
  4. Article 190. Other Frauds

§ 190.80-a Aggravated identity theft.

A person is guilty of aggravated identity theft when he or she

knowingly and with intent to defraud assumes the identity of another

person by presenting himself or herself as that other person, or by

acting as that other person or by using personal identifying information

of that other person, and knows that such person is a member of the

armed forces, and knows that such member is presently deployed outside

of the continental United States and:

1. thereby obtains goods, money, property or services or uses credit

in the name of such member of the armed forces in an aggregate amount

that exceeds five hundred dollars; or

2. thereby causes financial loss to such member of the armed forces in

an aggregate amount that exceeds five hundred dollars.

Aggravated identity theft is a class D felony.

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