N.Y. Penal Law § 165.30
Fraudulent accosting
New York · New York Penal Law · Status: effective · Effective 2014-09-22
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- N.Y. Penal Law § 165.30, Fraudulent accosting, New York, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-25, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/1091979
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§ 165.30 Fraudulent accosting.
1. A person is guilty of fraudulent accosting when he accosts a person
in a public place with intent to defraud him of money or other property
by means of a trick, swindle or confidence game.
2. A person who, either at the time he accosts another in a public
place or at some subsequent time or at some other place, makes
statements to him or engages in conduct with respect to him of a kind
commonly made or performed in the perpetration of a known type of
confidence game, is presumed to intend to defraud such person of money
or other property.
Fraudulent accosting is a class A misdemeanor.