Rhode Island General Laws 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; (2) obtaining money, property, or services by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises; or (3) damaging, destroying, altering, deleting, or removing any program or data contained in it in connection with any scheme or artifice to defraud, shall be guilty of a felony and shall be subject to the penalties set forth in § 11-52-5.
History of Section.
P.L. 1979, ch. 217, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 246, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 136, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 11-52-2
- computer: includes any connected or directly related device, equipment, or facility which enables the computer to store, retrieve or communicate computer programs, computer data or the results of computer operations to or from a person, another computer or another device. See Rhode Island General Laws 11-52-1
- Computer network: means a set of related, remotely connected devices and any communications facilities including more than one computer with the capability to transmit data among them through the communications facilities. See Rhode Island General Laws 11-52-1
- Computer system: means a set of related, connected or unconnected, computer equipment, devices, and software. See Rhode Island General Laws 11-52-1
- Data: means any representation of information, knowledge, facts, concepts, or instructions which are being prepared or have been prepared and are intended to be entered, processed, or stored, are being entered, processed, or stored or have been entered, processed, or stored in a computer, computer system, or computer network. See Rhode Island General Laws 11-52-1
- Property: includes , but is not limited to:
(i) Real property;
(ii) Computers and computer networks;
(iii) Financial instruments, computer data, computer programs, computer software and all other personal property regardless of whether they are:
(A) Tangible or intangible;
(B) In a format readable by humans or by a computer;
(C) In transit between computers or within a computer network or between any devices which comprise a computer; or
(D) Located on any paper or in any device on which it is stored by a computer or by a human; and
(E) Computer services. See Rhode Island General Laws 11-52-1
- Services: includes , but is not limited to, computer time, data processing, and storage functions. See Rhode Island General Laws 11-52-1