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Mich. Comp. Laws § 752.794 (2026)

Prohibited access to computer program, computer, computer system, or computer network.

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FRAUDULENT ACCESS TO COMPUTERS, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER NETWORKS


Act 53 of 1979


752.794 Prohibited access to computer program, computer, computer system, or computer network.

Sec. 4.

    A person shall not intentionally access or cause access to be made to a computer program, computer, computer system, or computer network to devise or execute a scheme or artifice with the intent to defraud or to obtain money, property, or a service by a false or fraudulent pretense, representation, or promise.

History: 1979, Act 53, Eff. Mar. 27, 1980 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 326, Eff. Apr. 1, 1997

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1991–2023 · leading case: People v. Jemison, 466 N.W.2d 378 (Mich. Ct. App. 1991).
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People v. Jemison, 466 N.W.2d 378 (Mich. Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 2× “354(1), and two counts of computer fraud, MCL 752.794; MSA 28.529(4). Defendant was sentenced to five years’ probation, a suspended six-month prison term, and ordered to pay restitution.”
People of Michigan v. Jason Allen Tanis (Mich. Ct. App. 2023). · cites it 8× “SUFFICIENCY OF THE EVIDENCE Appellate counsel first argues that there was insufficient evidence to convict defendant of fraudulent access to computers, MCL 752.794. However, defendant was not convicted under that statute.”
People of Michigan v. Lidia Elena Talaba (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 6× “PERTINENT FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY Police were called to a Secretary of State (SOS) office in Brownstown, Michigan after receiving a report that a man had changed his clothes in the parking lot and appeared to have secreted on his person a device from which wires protruded.”
People of Michigan v. Lidia Elena Talaba (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 6× “PERTINENT FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY Police were called to a Secretary of State (SOS) office in Brownstown, Michigan after receiving a report that a man had changed his clothes in the parking lot and appeared to have secreted on his person a device from which wires protruded.”
20221229_C357544_49_357544.Opn.Pdf (Mich. Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 2× “214, MCL 752.794, MCL 752.795, and MCL 752.796, and appears to suggest that Charles conspired with her to violate these statutes.”
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