{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-penal-law-165.30","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Penal Law § 165.30","heading":"Fraudulent accosting","body":"§ 165.30 Fraudulent accosting.\n  1. A person is guilty of fraudulent accosting when he accosts a person\nin a public place with intent to defraud him of money or other property\nby means of a trick, swindle or confidence game.\n  2. A person who, either at the time he accosts another in a public\nplace or at some subsequent time or at some other place, makes\nstatements to him or engages in conduct with respect to him of a kind\ncommonly made or performed in the perpetration of a known type of\nconfidence game, is presumed to intend to defraud such person of money\nor other property.\n  Fraudulent accosting is a class A misdemeanor.","path":["Penal Law","Part 3. Specific Offenses","Title J. Offenses Involving Theft","Article 165. Other Offenses Relating to Theft"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/PEN/165.30","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"92780971b6013a0668ca7e229eb70bf8188a23da6f73a235d4ca8a901f4fdc13","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-penal-law-165.25","next":"us-ny/n.y.-penal-law-165.35"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}