Statute · California Penal Code
Cal. Penal Code § 538.5 — False Personation and Cheats
Cal. Penal Code § 538.5
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- California Penal Code
- Jurisdiction
- California
- Date
- 2011-04-04
- Current through
- Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)
Every person who transmits or causes to be transmitted by means of wire, radio or television communication any words, sounds, writings, signs, signals, or pictures for the purpose of furthering or executing a scheme or artifice to obtain, from a public utility, confidential, privileged, or…
Citator
Cal. Penal Code § 538.5 — False Personation and Cheats is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
Every person who transmits or causes to be transmitted by means of wire, radio or television communication any words, sounds, writings, signs, signals, or pictures for the purpose of furthering or executing a scheme or artifice to obtain, from a public utility, confidential, privileged, or proprietary information, trade secrets, trade lists, customer records, billing records, customer credit data, or accounting data by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, personations, or promises is guilty of an offense punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year.