Does a defendant have knowledge of the law regarding using the identity of another person without consent to fraudulently induce a third party to pay her money for an unlawful purpose?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Rodriguez, E053806 (Cal. App. 2013):
Because ignorance of the law is no excuse for a violation thereof (People v. Hagedorn, supra, 127 Cal.App.4th at p. 748), defendant may be presumed to know that using the identity of another, without consent to use it, to fraudulently induce a third party to pay her money to which she was not otherwise entitled; no further explanation of "unlawful purpose" was required.
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