Statute · New York Penal Law
N.Y. Penal Law § 165.30 — Fraudulent accosting
N.Y. Penal Law § 165.30
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- Statute
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- New York Penal Law
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- New York
- Current through
- Nov 4, 2026 (NY Senate Open Legislation)
§ 165.30 Fraudulent accosting.
Citator
N.Y. Penal Law § 165.30 — Fraudulent accosting is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
§ 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.