New York Prosecutors Training Institute
NYPTI Law - NYS Statutes
ยง 165.20 Fraudulently obtaining a signature.
A person is guilty of fraudulently obtaining a signature when, with
intent to defraud or injure another or to acquire a substantial benefit
for himself or a third person, he obtains the signature of a person to a
written instrument by means of any misrepresentation of fact which he
knows to be false.
Fraudulently obtaining a signature is a class A misdemeanor.
