It was intended to be a source of encouragement for one individual - and actually was, until the 'fictitious being' was ratted out.
What about phone calls linked to this account? Phone calls made or recieved by this fictitious person to the person they were attempting to encourage?
Is it illegal to create a facebook/myspace account in a fictitious name and carry on conversations with other people? There was no criminal intent, no fraud or solicitation of any kind, merely lies about the situation or circumstances that this character was involved in.
The end result was...