The boxer spent the night in jail and appeared in court Tuesday on a misdemeanor charge of attempted false personation of police.
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The Superior Court of the State of California County of Contra Costa filed against Martin Jay Levitt for violation of Penal Code Section 529 "'False Personation "'and Penal Code 532 ( a ) for "'obtaining credit by false pretenses for taking over $ 25, 000 " '.
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Under federal law, obtaining money or property through false pretenses as part of a scheme or artifice to defraud, and using means of interstate commerce such as a telephone, is illegal under title 18 USC section 1343; the crime is usually referred to as " Wire Fraud . " There are Federal laws providing penalties for false personation of the lawful owner of public stocks, & c ., or of persons entitled to pensions, prize money, & c ., or the false making of any order purporting to be a money order.