is a fake celebrity page illegal?

[Long Beach]

I know someone who is pretending to be a celeb on twitter (i know its pathetic lol) he has like 20,000 followers. Is what he is doing illegal??? Its not necessarily criminal impersonation right? since he is not gaining anything from it. Also what are the chances of him getting caught (i dont mean them finding out he is not the real celeb) I mean if its illegal what are his chances of getting in legal trouble?

[skinnyscent635]

Yes, it's illegal.
There's quite a few out there, so they wouldn't be able to close down all of them.
They can (the profiles), however, can be closed/deleted if you report them to the website.
The chances are slim.

[curvedcrate898]

If he get in trouble he will probably have his page cancelled....you know that they have been trying to get really strict on those type of things.....

[I slept with MJ!]

nope its not, when you are a celeb, you become public property. that means that we as the public have the right to do with the celeb whatver we want. so go ahead and make yourself one. i am currently tweeting as aplusk. so add me.