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- /* R FRINGE Commentary: Here's the Rhode Island Computer Crimes
- Law, General Laws of Rhode Island, Section 11-52, adopted in 1979
- */
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- SECTION 11-52-2 Access to computer for fraudulent purposes.--
- Whoever directly or indirectly accesses or causes to be accessed
- any computer, computer system, or computer network for the
- purpose of (1) devising or executing any scheme or artifice to
- defraud or (2) obtaining money, property, or services by means of
- false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises shall
- be guilty of a felony and shall be subject to the penalties set
- forth in section 11-52-5.
-
- SECTION 11-52-3 Intentional access, alteration, damage or
- destruction.--
- Whoever intentionally and without authorization, directly or
- indirectly accesses, alters, damages, or destroys any computer,
- computer system, computer network, computer software,
- computer program or data contained in such computer, computer
- system or computer network shall be guilty of a felony and shall
- be subject to the penalties set forth in section 11-52-5.
-
- SECTION 11-52-4 Computer theft.-- Whoever, intentionally and
- without claim of right, and with the intent to permanently
- deprive the owner of possession, takes, transfers, conceals or
- retains possession of any computer, computer system, computer
- network, computer software, computer program or data contained in
- such computer, computer system, computer program or computer
- network with a value in excess of five hundred dollars ($500)
- shall be guilty of a felony and shall be subject to the penalties
- set forth in Section 11-52-5.
-
- SECTION 11-52-5 Penalties.-- Any person who is convicted of the
- offenses set forth in Sections 11-52-2, 11-52-3, and 11-52-4
- shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) or
- imprisoned for not more than five 95) years, or both.
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