Code of Virginia § 18.2-152.5:1. Using a computer to gather identifying information; penalties.
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A. It is unlawful for any person, other than a law-enforcement officer, as defined in § 9.1-101 , and acting in the performance of his official duties, to use a computer to obtain, access, or record, through the use of material artifice, trickery or deception, any identifying information, as defined in clauses
(iii)through
(xiii)of subsection C of § 18.2-186.3 . Any person who violates this section is guilty of a Class 6 felony.
B. Any person who violates this section and sells or distributes such information to another is guilty of a Class 5 felony.
C. Any person who violates this section and uses such information in the commission of another crime is guilty of a Class 5 felony.
2005, cc. 747 , 760 , 761 , 827 , 837 .