§ 165.30
Fraudulent accosting
Official text prohibited actmental stateif conditionpenaltylegal term
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 .
Simplified explanation
Fraudulent accosting is accosting a person in a public place intending to defraud him of money or property by a trick, swindle or confidence game; it is a class A misdemeanor.