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Malicious, credible impersonation through a website, e-mail account or social media will soon become a crime in California punishable by up to a $1,000 fine and a year in county jail. Starting Jan. 1,2011, the law makes "harming, intimidating, threatening or defrauding another person" online and without their consent a misdemeanor. And, it allows the victim to sue the imitator for damages and losses. First...