New York Penal Code § 165.30

Fraudulent accosting
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§ 165.30 Fraudulent accosting.\n  1. A person is guilty of fraudulent accosting when he accosts a person\nin a public place with intent to defraud him of money or other property\nby means of a trick, swindle or confidence game.\n  2. A person who, either at the time he accosts another in a public\nplace or at some subsequent time or at some other place, makes\nstatements to him or engages in conduct with respect to him of a kind\ncommonly made or performed in the perpetration of a known type of\nconfidence game, is presumed to intend to defraud such person of money\nor other property.\n  Fraudulent accosting is a class A misdemeanor.\n

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