Hawaii Revised Statutes Division 5. Crimes and Criminal Proceedings § 708-855

(1) A person commits the offense of criminal simulation if, with intent to defraud, the person makes, alters, or utters any object, so that it appears to have an antiquity, rarity, source, or authorship that it does not in fact possess.

(2) In subsection (1), “utter” means to offer, whether accepted or not, an object with representation by acts or words, oral or in writing, relating to its antiquity, rarity, source, or authorship.

(3) Criminal simulation is a misdemeanor.