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Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-152.8

Property capable of embezzlement

Known as the Virginia Computer Crimes Act

The act spans §§ 18.2-152.1 to 18.2-152.9 (19 sections).

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 595 F. App'x 208 - United States v. Robert Steele (2014)

Most recently applied in 595 F. App'x 208 - United States v. Robert Steele (December 2014)

1984, c. 751; 2005, cc. 746, 761, 827.

For purposes of §§ 18.2-95, 18.2-96, 18.2-108, and 18.2-111, personal property subject to embezzlement, larceny, or receiving stolen goods shall include:

1. Computers and computer networks;

2. 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

3. Computer services.

Official source: Virginia Law Portal (LIS). Reproduced from public-domain Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.