Criminal
Impersonation: What You Need To Know
Criminal
impersonation is a crime where a person assumes
the identity of another person to deceive other people for gain or
profit.
The
law on criminal impersonation differs from state to
state. In Colorado, for example, a person can be
charged with criminal impersonation by pretending to be a non-existent
person.
This is if that person uses the false identity to commit illegal and
unlawful
acts for his gain and profit.
The
law on criminal impersonation is different in New York. A person
can’t be charged of
criminal impersonation if the person assumes the identity of a
fictitious
character. It is only committed if a person is pretending to be someone
who is
a real person with the intent of benefiting or defrauding somebody from
such
act. For example, pretending to be the local priest, Father Robert, and
asking
for donations from church goers is a case of criminal impersonation.
In
most states, impersonating or pretending to be a public
official is a criminal offense. The public official may or may not be a
real
person. For example, Roger pulls over a car and shows his fake badge to
the
driver. He was charging the driver for speeding. Roger said that he
wouldn’t
arrest the driver if he pays up fifty dollars. Roger is committing
criminal
impersonation.
Pretending
to be an employee or officer for the United States in order to get
money, documents,
or anything of value is committing criminal impersonation. For example,
Sam
pretends to be from the IRS and goes to different houses to get
documents or
even money then Sam is guilty of criminal Impersonation.
Recently
a 13 year old girl from Farmington Connecticut was arrested for
criminal
impersonation. She was accused of creating a MySpace account using the
name of
one of her teachers in school. In the MySpace profile, the girl wrote
in
fictitious comments about the teacher and about some other students
that were
inappropriate. The girl was referred to juvenile authorities.
Punishment
Criminal
Impersonation is a Class 6 Felony. As such, the
punishments for criminal impersonation are the following:
1) The
court may decide to imprison the person for one to five years and/or;
2)
Jail
time for not more than 12 months and shall be given a fine of up to
2500
dollars.
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