N.Y. PEN Law § 190.78
This is the official text of N.Y. PEN Law § 190.78, part of New York’s Penal Law — defines crimes and punishments in New York.
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Identity theft in the third degree
Official statutory text
§ 190.78 Identity theft in the third degree.\n A person is guilty of identity theft in the third degree when such\nperson knowingly and with intent to defraud assumes the identity of\nanother person by presenting themself as that other person, or by acting\nas that other person or by using personal identifying information of\nthat other person, and thereby:\n 1. obtains goods, money, property or services or uses credit in the\nname of such other person or causes financial loss to such person or to\nanother person or persons; or\n 2. commits a class A misdemeanor or higher level crime.\n Identity theft in the third degree is a class A misdemeanor.\n
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