CODE OF VIRGINIA USING COMPUTER TO COMMIT A SCHEME INVOLVING FALSE REPRESENTATIONS; PENALTY (ยง 18.2-152.7:2) Any person who, without the intent to receive any direct or indirect benefit, maliciously sends an electronically transmitted communication containing a false representation intended to cause another person to spend money, and such false representation causes such person to spend money, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. HISTORY: 2020, c. 1178.