New Jersey's "Digital Impersonation Prevention Act" criminalizes digital impersonation with intent to defraud.
The "Digital Impersonation Prevention Act" makes it a crime of the third degree to knowingly impersonate another person through or on an Internet website, or by other electronic means, with intent to defraud and without consent. The act covers impersonations intended to harm, intimidate, threaten, or defraud another person, transmit unsolicited bulk messages or commercial solicitations, or copy or access a contact list. Violators face fines up to $1,000, imprisonment up to one year, or both.
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