§ 6-3-502 — Crimes against intellectual property; penalties

Wyoming § 6-3-502

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 06: Crimes and Offenses
• Ch. 3: OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY
• Art. 5: COMPUTER CRIMES

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(a) A person commits a crime against intellectual property
if he knowingly and without authorization:
(i) Modifies data, programs or supporting
documentation residing or existing internal or external to a
computer, computer system or computer network;
(ii) Destroys data, programs or supporting
documentation residing or existing internal or external to a
computer, computer system or computer network;
(iii) Discloses or takes data, programs, or
supporting documentation having a value of more than seven
hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) and which is a trade secret or
is confidential, as provided by law, residing or existing
internal or external to a computer, computer system or computer
network.
(b) A crime against intellectual property is:
(i) A felony punishable by imprisonment for not more
than three (3) years, a fine of not more than three thousand
dollars ($3,000.00), or both, except as provided in paragraph
(ii) of this subsection;
(ii) A felony punishable by imprisonment for not more
than ten (10) years, a fine of not more than ten thousand
dollars ($10,000.00), or both, if the crime is committed with
the intention of devising or executing a scheme or artifice to
defraud or to obtain property.