§ 190.25 Criminal impersonation in the second degree.
    A  person is guilty of criminal impersonation in the second degree when
he:
    1.  Impersonates another and does an act in such assumed character with
intent to obtain a benefit or to injure or defraud another; or
    2.   Pretends to be a representative of some person or organization and
does an act in such pretended capacity with intent to obtain a  benefit  or
to injure or defraud another; or
    3.   (a)  Pretends to be a public servant, or wears or displays without
authority any uniform, badge, insignia or facsimile thereof by  which  such
public servant is lawfully distinguished, or falsely expresses by his words
or actions that he is a public  servant  or  is  acting  with  approval  or
authority  of a public agency or department; and (b) so acts with intent to
induce another to submit to such pretended official authority,  to  solicit
funds  or to otherwise cause another to act in reliance upon that pretense.
    4. Impersonates another by  communication  by  internet  website  or
electronic  means  with  intent to obtain a benefit or injure or defraud
another, or by such communication pretends to be  a  public  servant  in
order  to  induce another to submit to such authority or act in reliance
on such pretense.
    Criminal impersonation in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.