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From: higgins@mp.cs.niu.edu (Greg Higgins)
Newsgroups: comp.admin.policy
Subject: Re: Excerpts of CA and VA Computer Crime Acts
Message-ID: <1991Jun20.182056.477@mp.cs.niu.edu>
Date: 20 Jun 91 18:20:56 GMT
References: <1991Jun13.114433.22530@rulway.LeidenUniv.nl> <1991Jun14.130435.15229@rodan.acs.syr.edu> <1912@vtserf.cc.vt.edu>
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In article <1912@vtserf.cc.vt.edu> marchany@vtserf.cc.vt.edu (Randy Marchany) writes:
...[stuff deleted]
>VA Title 18, Article 7.1 - VA Computer Crimes Act
>
>18.2-152.3 Computer Fraud - Any person who uses a computer or computer
>network w/o authority and with the intent to: 
>	1. obtain property or services by false pretenses;
>	2. Embezzle or commit larceny;
>	3. Convert the property of another shall be guilty of the crime
>of computer fraud. If the value of the property is $200 or more, the
>crime of computer fraud shall be punishable as a Class 5 felony.
...[rest of stuff deleted]

The obvious lesson to learn from this is that if you must use a computer
to embezzle or commit larceny, etc. USE YOUR OWN. :-) .