N.Y. GBS Law § 160
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Unauthorized transmission of money as agent
Official statutory text
§ 160. Unauthorized transmission of money as agent. No person, firm or\ncorporation or unincorporated association shall represent himself to be\nan agent of any steamship company, express company, banking\nestablishment or institution, or other company, for the purpose of\nreceiving money for transmission or of transmitting the same by draft,\ntraveller's check, money order or otherwise to foreign countries, nor\nshall any person, firm, corporation or unincorporated association do\nbusiness as such agent, unless thereto duly authorized.\n
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