Virginia Code
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-152.6 (2026)
Theft of computer services; penalties
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Any person who willfully obtains computer services without authority is guilty of the crime of theft of computer services, which shall be punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor. If the theft of computer services is valued at $2,500 or more, he is guilty of a Class 6 felony.
1984, c. 751; 1985, c. 322; 2003, cc. 987, 1016; 2005, cc. 746, 761, 827.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2002–2008 · leading case: Johnson v. Commonwealth, 561 S.E.2d 1 (Va. Ct. App. 2002).
Johnson v. Commonwealth, 561 S.E.2d 1 (Va. Ct. App. 2002). “1 (poisoning food or water supplies “with intent to kill or injure another person”), Code § 18.2-152.6 (theft of computer services “with intent to obtain computer *642 services without authority”), Code § 29.”
A v. v. Iparadigms, Ltd. Liab. Co., 544 F. Supp. 2d 473 (E.D. Va. 2008). “at §§ 18.2-152.6. The Virginia Computer Crimes Act also provides that “[a]ny person whose property or person is injured by reason of a violation of any provisions of this article .”
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