Wyo. Stat. § 6-3-502
This is the official text of Wyo. Stat. § 6-3-502, part of Wyoming’s Wyoming Statutes — the complete compiled statutory law of Wyoming, organized into 40+ numbered titles by subject. This particular section falls under Title 6, “Crimes and Offenses.”
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Crimes against intellectual property; penalties
Official statutory text
(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.
(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.
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