California Codes, Business and Professions Code - BPC, Division 3 — Professions and Vocations Generally, Chapter 10.5 — App-Based Drivers and Services, Article 5 — Antidiscrimination and Public Safety, Section 7462

Impersonating an App-Based Driver. Any person who fraudulently impersonates an app-based driver while providing or attempting to provide rideshare or delivery services shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for up to six months, or a fine of up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both. Nothing in this subdivision precludes prosecution under any other law.

(b) In addition to any other penalty provided by law, any person who fraudulently impersonates an app-based driver while providing or attempting to provide rideshare services or delivery services in the commission or attempted commission of an offense described in Section 207, 209, 220, 261, 264.1, 286, 287, 288, or 289 of the Penal Code shall be sentenced to an additional term of five years.

(c) In addition to any other penalty provided by law, any person who fraudulently impersonates an app-based driver while providing or attempting to provide rideshare services or delivery services in the commission of a felony or attempted felony and in so doing personally inflicts great bodily injury to another person other than an accomplice shall be sentenced to an additional term of five years.

(d) In addition to any other penalty provided by law, any person who fraudulently impersonates an app-based driver while providing or attempting to provide rideshare services or delivery services in the commission of a felony or attempted felony and in so doing causes the death of another person other than an accomplice shall be sentenced to an additional term of 10 years.

Notes

Prohibits fraudulently impersonating an app-based driver while providing or attempting rideshare or delivery services, making it a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail, a $10,000 fine, or both, without barring prosecution. Adds five-year terms for specified offenses or great bodily injury and a 10-year term when the impersonation-related felony or attempted felony causes another person’s death.

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