Rhode Island General Laws 11-52.3-3. Online theft by deception
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A person commits the offense of online theft by deception when he or she uses the Internet to purchase or attempt to purchase property from a seller with a mode of payment that he or she knows is fictitious, stolen, or lacking the consent of the valid account holder.
History of Section.
P.L. 2008, ch. 467, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 11-52.3-3
- Internet: means an interactive computer service or system or an information service, system, or access software provider that provides or enables computer access by multiple users to a computer server, and includes, but is not limited to, an information service, system, or access software provider that provides access to a network system commonly known as the Internet, or any comparable system or service and also includes, but is not limited to, a World Wide Web page, newsgroup, message board, mailing list, or chat area on any interactive computer service or system or other online service. See Rhode Island General Laws 11-52.3-1
- Online: means the use of any electronic or wireless device to access the Internet. See Rhode Island General Laws 11-52.3-1
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6