Illinois Compiled Statutes 720 ILCS 5 Criminal Code of 2012. Section 17-50

    (720 ILCS 5/17-50) (was 720 ILCS 5/16D-5 and 5/16D-6)

    Sec. 17-50. Computer fraud.

    (a) A person commits computer fraud when he or she knowingly:

        (1) Accesses or causes to be accessed a computer or

    any part thereof, or a program or data, with the intent of devising or executing any scheme or artifice to defraud, or as part of a deception;

        (2) Obtains use of, damages, or destroys a computer

    or any part thereof, or alters, deletes, or removes any program or data contained therein, in connection with any scheme or artifice to defraud, or as part of a deception; or

        (3) Accesses or causes to be accessed a computer or

    any part thereof, or a program or data, and obtains money or control over any such money, property, or services of another in connection with any scheme or artifice to defraud, or as part of a deception.

    (b) Sentence.

        (1) A violation of subdivision (a)(1) of this Section

    is a Class 4 felony.

        (2) A violation of subdivision (a)(2) of this Section

    is a Class 3 felony.

        (3) A violation of subdivision (a)(3) of this Section:

            (i) is a Class 4 felony if the value of the

        money, property, or services is $1,000 or less; or

            (ii) is a Class 3 felony if the value of the

        money, property, or services is more than $1,000 but less than $50,000; or

            (iii) is a Class 2 felony if the value of the

        money, property, or services is $50,000 or more.

    (c) Forfeiture of property. Any person who commits computer fraud as set forth in subsection (a) is subject to the property forfeiture provisions set forth in Article 124B of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963.

(Source: P.A. 96-712, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

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