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Senator · Senate District 40
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BILL NUMBER:S5530
Title of bill
An act to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the offense of false pretense
Purpose
To enact the Catfish E-Personation Protection Act to establish the class D felony of false pretense.
Summary of provisions
Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known as the Catfish E-Personation Protection Act of 2013."
Section 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 190.22 to establish false pretense, stating: a person is guilty of false pretense, when he or she knowingly and without consent impersonates another person through an internet website for the purposes of harming, intimidating, threatening or defrauding such other person. An impersonation is credible if another person would reasonably believe that the defendant was the person impersonated. Electronic means of impersonation includes email accounts and social networking profiles in another person's name. False pretense is a class D felony.
Section 3 is the effective date.
Justification
Online predators and con artists use their own identity and real pictures of themselves but falsify their relationship status. They create profiles on dating websites and claim they are either single or divorced when in fact many are still married. They create a false profile in the hopes of luring a victim into believing, they are available and seeking a relationship, then convince the victim to provide financial support for their own personal gain. As a result of the deceit, victims of e-personation ale left with emotional, mental. and financial loss. People who create fake profiles often target many victims over long periods of time. Currently there is no law making this type of deceit a crime. This legislation establishes c-personation and false pretense as a class D felony to hold those who consciously deceive and lie to unsuspecting victims on the internet for their own personal or financial gain accountable for their actions.
Legislative history
New legislation.
Fiscal implications
None
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
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