                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

COMPUTER FRAUD; PENALTY (§ 18.2-152.3)

Any person who uses a computer or computer network, without authority and:

1. Obtains property or services by false pretenses;

2. Embezzles or commits larceny; or

3. Converts the property of another;
			is guilty of the crime of computer fraud.
			If the value of the property or services obtained is $1,000 or more, the
crime of computer fraud shall be punishable as a Class 5 felony. Where the value
of the property or services obtained is less than $1,000, the crime of computer
fraud shall be punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor.

HISTORY: 1984, c. 751; 1985, c. 322; 2003, cc. 987, 1016; 2005, cc. 747, 761,
827, 837; 2018, cc. 764, 765; 2020, cc. 89, 401.