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RI Gen L § 11-50-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-50 - Games of Chance|Section 11-50-6 - Deceptive advertising practices.

§ 11-50-6. Deceptive advertising practices.Every person, firm, or corporation who prints, publishes, or circulates literature or advertising material, used in connection with any promotion or advertising scheme or plan of the type set forth in § 11-50-1, which is false, deceptive, or misleading, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 199, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-50-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-50 - Games of Chance|Section 11-50-7 - Dealer coercion.

§ 11-50-7. Dealer coercion.Every person, firm, or corporation who coerces a retail dealer to participate in any promotion or advertising scheme or plan of the type set forth in § 11-50-1 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Coercion includes, but is not limited to, circumstances in which a course of business conduct extending over a period of one year or longer between a supplier and a dealer is materially changed for no legitimate business reason, coincident with a failure or refusal of the dealer to participate in an above-mentioned promotion or advertising scheme or plan.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 199, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-50-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-50 - Games of Chance|Section 11-50-8 - Injunction.

§ 11-50-8. Injunction.Whenever the attorney general has reason to believe that any promotion or advertising scheme or plan of the type set forth in § 11-50-1 is being operated in violation of this chapter, he or she may bring an action in the superior court, in the name and on behalf of the people of the state, to enjoin the continued operation of the promotion or advertising scheme or plan.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 199, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-51-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-51 - Organized Criminal Gambling|Section 11-51-1 - Definitions.

§ 11-51-1. Definitions.(a) "Gambling" includes, but is not limited to, pool-selling, bookmaking, maintaining slot-machines, roulette wheels or dice tables, and conducting lotteries, Policy, Bolita, or numbers games or selling chances in them.(b) (1) "Organized criminal gambling business" as used in this chapter means a gambling business which involves three (3) or more persons who conduct, finance, manage, supervise, direct, operate, or own all or part of the business and which has been or remains in substantially continuous operation for a period in excess of fifteen (15) days, or which has conducted operations on at least two (2) days in each of two (2) consecutive weeks, or which has a combined gross revenue of at least one thousand dollars ($1,000) in any single day, or which has entered into a total of at least one hundred (100) gambling transactions in any single day.(2) "Organized criminal gambling business" does not refer to betting specifically authorized by chapter 4 of title 41 or any act in amendment of that chapter, nor to any form of gambling otherwise licensed or permitted by specific statutory enactment.History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 127, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-51-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-51 - Organized Criminal Gambling|Section 11-51-2 - Organized criminal gambling business.

§ 11-51-2. Organized criminal gambling business.Whoever shall conduct, finance, manage, supervise, direct or own all or part of an organized criminal gambling business, as defined in this chapter, shall be imprisoned for not more than five (5) years and fined not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000).History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 127, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-52-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-52 - Computer Crime|Section 11-52-2 - Access to computer for fraudulent purposes.

§ 11-52-2. Access to computer for fraudulent purposes.Whoever directly or indirectly accesses or causes to be accessed any computer, computer system, or computer network for the purpose of: (1) devising or executing any scheme or artifice to defraud; (2) obtaining money, property, or services by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises; or (3) damaging, destroying, altering, deleting, or removing any program or data contained in it in connection with any scheme or artifice to defraud, shall be guilty of a felony and shall be subject to the penalties set forth in § 11-52-5.History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 217, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 246, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 136, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-52-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-52 - Computer Crime|Section 11-52-3 - Intentional access, alteration, damage, or destruction.

§ 11-52-3. Intentional access, alteration, damage, or destruction.Whoever, intentionally, without authorization, and for fraudulent or other illegal purposes, directly or indirectly, accesses, alters, damages, or destroys any computer, computer system, computer network, computer software, computer program, or data contained in a computer, computer system, computer program, or computer network shall be guilty of a felony and shall be subject to the penalties set forth in § 11-52-5.History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 217, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 246, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 136, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 347, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 483, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-52-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-52 - Computer Crime|Section 11-52-4 - Computer theft.

§ 11-52-4. Computer theft.Whoever, intentionally and without claim of right, takes, transfers, conceals or retains possession of any computer, computer system, computer network, computer software, computer program, or data contained in a computer, computer system, computer program, or computer network with a value in excess of five hundred dollars ($500) shall be guilty of a felony and shall be subject to the penalties set forth in § 11-52-5. If the value is five hundred dollars ($500) or less, then the person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and may be punishable by imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.History of Section.P.L. 1983, ch. 246, § 2; P.L. 1989, ch. 71, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 136, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 373, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 461, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-52-4.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-52 - Computer Crime|Section 11-52-4.1 - Computer trespass.

§ 11-52-4.1. Computer trespass.(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to use a computer or computer network without authority and with the intent to:(1) Temporarily or permanently remove, halt, or otherwise disable any computer data, computer programs, or computer software from a computer or computer network;(2) Cause a computer to malfunction regardless of how long the malfunction persists;(3) Alter or erase any computer data, computer programs, or computer software;(4) Effect the creation or alteration of a financial instrument or of an electronic transfer of funds;(5) Cause physical injury to the property of another;(6) Make or cause to be made an unauthorized copy, in any form, including, but not limited to, any printed or electronic form of computer data, computer programs, or computer software residing in, communicated by, or produced by a computer or computer network;(7) Forge e-mail header information or other Internet routine information for the purpose of sending unsolicited bulk electronic mail through or into the facilities of an electronic mail service provider or its subscribers; or(8) To sell, give or otherwise distribute or possess with the intent to sell, give or distribute software which is designed to facilitate or enable the forgery of electronic mail header information or other Internet routing information for the purpose of sending unsolicited bulk electronic mail through or into the facilities of an electronic mail service provider or its subscribers.(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to interfere with or prohibit terms or conditions in a contract or license related to computers, computer data, computer networks, computer operations, computer programs, computer services, or computer software or to create any liability by reason of terms or conditions adopted by, or technical measures implemented by, a Rhode Island-based electronic mail service provider to prevent the transmission of unsolicited bulk electronic mail in violation of this chapter. Whoever violates this section shall be guilty of a felony and shall be subject to the penalties set forth in § 11-52-2. If the value is five hundred dollars ($500) or less, then the person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and may be punishable by imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or both.History of Section.P.L. 1999, ch. 421, § 2; P.L. 2006, ch. 373, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 461, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-52-4.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-52 - Computer Crime|Section 11-52-4.2 - Cyberstalking and cyberharassment prohibited.

§ 11-52-4.2. Cyberstalking and cyberharassment prohibited.(a) Whoever transmits any communication by computer or other electronic device to any person or causes any person to be contacted for the sole purpose of harassing that person or his or her family is guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. For the purpose of this section, "harassing" means any knowing and willful course of conduct directed at a specific person which seriously alarms, annoys, or bothers the person, and which serves no legitimate purpose. The course of conduct must be of a kind that would cause a reasonable person to suffer substantial emotional distress, or be in fear of bodily injury. "Course of conduct" means a pattern of conduct composed of a series of acts over a period of time, evidencing a continuity of purpose. Constitutionally protected activity is not included within the meaning of "course of conduct."(b) A second or subsequent conviction under subsection (a) of this section shall be deemed a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than two (2) years, by a fine of not more than six thousand dollars ($6,000), or both.History of Section.P.L. 2001, ch. 215, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 272, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 120, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-52-4.3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-52 - Computer Crime|Section 11-52-4.3 - Violation of restraining order.

§ 11-52-4.3. Violation of restraining order.(a) Whenever there is a restraining order or injunction issued by a court of competent jurisdiction enjoining one person from harassing another person, and the person so enjoined is convicted of the crime as set forth in section 11-52-4.2 for actions against the person protected by the court order or injunction, he or she shall be guilty of a felony which shall be punishable by imprisonment for not more than two (2) years, or by a fine of not more than six thousand dollars ($6,000), or both.(b) A second or subsequent conviction under subsection (a) of this section shall be punishable by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both.History of Section.P.L. 2001, ch. 215, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 272, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-52-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-52 - Computer Crime|Section 11-52-5 - Penalties.

§ 11-52-5. Penalties.(a) Any person who is convicted of an offense which is classified as a felony under this chapter shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or imprisoned for not more than five (5) years, or both.(b) Any person who is convicted of an offense which is classified as a misdemeanor under this chapter shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 217, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 11-52-4; P.L. 1983, ch. 246, § 3; P.L. 1989, ch. 71, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 136, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-52-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-52 - Computer Crime|Section 11-52-6 - Civil action.

§ 11-52-6. Civil action.(a) Any person injured as a result of a violation of this chapter may bring a civil action against the violator for compensatory damages, punitive damages, court costs, and any other relief that the court deems appropriate, including reasonable attorneys' fees.(b) If the injury arises from the transmission of unsolicited bulk electronic mail, the injured person, other than an electronic mail service provider, may also recover attorney's fees and costs and may elect, in lieu of actual damages, to recover the lesser of five hundred dollars ($500) for each and every unsolicited bulk electronic mail message transmitted in violation of this chapter up to a maximum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) per day. The injured person shall not have a cause of action against the electronic mail service provider which merely transmits the unsolicited bulk electronic mail over its computer network.(c) If the injury arises from the transmission of unsolicited bulk electronic mail, an injured electronic mail service provider may also recover attorneys fees and costs, and may elect, in lieu of actual damages, to recover the greater of five hundred dollars ($500) for each and every unsolicited bulk electronic mail message transmitted in violation of this chapter up to a maximum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) per day.(d) At the request of any party to an action brought pursuant to this section, the court may, in its discretion, conduct all legal proceedings in such a way as to protect the secrecy and security of the computer, computer network, computer data, computer program and computer software involved in order to prevent possible recurrence of the same or a similar act by another person and to protect any trade secrets of any party.(e) The provisions of this section shall not be construed to limit any person's right to pursue any additional civil remedy otherwise allowed by law.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 115 § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 421, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-52-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-52 - Computer Crime|Section 11-52-7 - Use of false information.

§ 11-52-7. Use of false information.Whoever intentionally or knowingly makes a transmission of false data for the purpose of submitting a claim for payment, or makes, presents, or uses or causes to be made, presented, or used any data for the purpose of submitting a claim for payment with knowledge of its falsity and with knowledge that it will be used for any claim for payment, shall be guilty of a felony and shall be subject to the penalties set forth in § 11-52-5.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 136 § 2; P.L. 2012, ch. 314, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 349, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-52-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-52 - Computer Crime|Section 11-52-8 - Tampering with computer source documents.

§ 11-52-8. Tampering with computer source documents.(a) Whoever intentionally or knowingly conceals, destroys, or alters or intentionally or knowingly causes another to conceal, destroy, or alter any computer source document used for a computer, computer program, computer system, or computer network, when the computer source document is required to be kept by law, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to the provisions of § 11-52-5.(b) Whoever intentionally or knowingly conceals, destroys, or alters or intentionally, knowingly conceals, destroys, or alters or intentionally or knowingly causes another to conceal, destroy, or alter any computer source document used for a computer, computer program, computer system, or computer network, when the computer source document is required to be kept by law, with the intent to obstruct an official investigation by any state agency authorized by law to conduct any civil or criminal investigation, shall be guilty of a felony and shall be subject to the provisions of § 11-52-5.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 136 § 2.
RI Gen L § 11-52.1-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-52.1 - Internet Misrepresentation of Business Affiliation Act|Section 11-52.1-1 - Short title.

§ 11-52.1-1. Short title.This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Internet Misrepresentation of Business Affiliation Act."History of Section.P.L. 2006, ch. 558, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-52.1-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-52.1 - Internet Misrepresentation of Business Affiliation Act|Section 11-52.1-2 - Definitions.

§ 11-52.1-2. Definitions.The following definitions apply to this section:(1) "Electronic mail message" means a message sent to a unique destination that consists of a unique user name or mailbox and a reference to an Internet domain, whether or not displayed, and to which an electronic mail message can be sent or delivered.(2) "Identifying information" means a piece of information that can be used to access an individual's financial account or to obtain goods or services, and includes an individual's:(a) Social security number;(b) Driver's license number;(c) Bank account number;(d) Credit or debit card number;(e) Personal identification number;(f) Automated or electronic signature;(g) Unique biometric data; or(h) Account password.(3) "Internet" means, collectively, the myriad of computer and telecommunications facilities, including equipment and operating software, that comprise the interconnected worldwide network of networks that employ the transmission control protocol or Internet protocol, or any predecessor or successor protocols to such protocol, to communicate information of all kinds by wire or radio.(4) "Person" shall include any individual, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company, joint venture or any other type of entity.(5) "Web page" means allocation with respect to the worldwide web that has a single uniform resource locator or other single location with respect to the Internet.History of Section.P.L. 2006, ch. 558, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-52.1-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-52.1 - Internet Misrepresentation of Business Affiliation Act|Section 11-52.1-3 - Prohibition.

§ 11-52.1-3. Prohibition.A person shall not, by means of a webpage or electronic mail message or otherwise, using the Internet, solicit, request or take any action to induce another person to provide identifying information by representing that the person, either directly or by implication, is an online business without the express authority or approval of the online business purported to be represented by the person.History of Section.P.L. 2006, ch. 558, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-52.1-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-52.1 - Internet Misrepresentation of Business Affiliation Act|Section 11-52.1-4 - Penalties.

§ 11-52.1-4. Penalties.Any person who is convicted of a violation of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, or a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) per offense, or both.History of Section.P.L. 2006, ch. 558, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-52.1-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-52.1 - Internet Misrepresentation of Business Affiliation Act|Section 11-52.1-5 - Civil action.

§ 11-52.1-5. Civil action.(a) The attorney general, or any person who either is engaged in the business of providing Internet access service to the public or owns a webpage or trademark and is adversely affected by reason of a violation of the chapter, may bring a civil action against a person who violates this chapter in order to:(1) enjoin further violations of this chapter; and(2) recover the greater of: (i) the actual damages incurred as a result of such violation(s); or (ii) five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for each violation of this chapter.(b) In any action brought pursuant to this section, the court may increase the damage award to an amount equal to not more than three (3) times the amount otherwise available under this section, if the court determines that the violating party has engaged in a pattern and practice of violating this chapter. The attorney general or other aggrieved party may also recover reasonable attorneys' fees and costs, and any other relief that the court deems appropriate.(c) For purposes of this chapter, multiple violations resulting from any single action shall constitute one violation.(d) A the request of any party to an action brought pursuant to this section, the court may, in its discretion, conduct all legal proceedings in such a way as to protect the secrecy and security of the information involved in order to prevent possible recurrence of the same or a similar act by another person and to protect any trade secrets of any party.(e) The provisions of this section shall not be construed to limit any person's right to pursue any additional civil remedy otherwise allowed by law.History of Section.P.L. 2006, ch. 558, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-52.2-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-52.2 - Software Fraud|Section 11-52.2-2 - Unlawful modification of computer settings.

§ 11-52.2-2. Unlawful modification of computer settings.It is unlawful for a person who is not an owner or operator to transmit computer software to the owner or operator's computer with actual knowledge or with conscious avoidance of actual knowledge and to use such software to do any of the following:(1) Modify, through intentionally deceptive means, settings that control any of the following:(a) The page that appears when an owner or operator launches an internet browser or similar computer software used to access and navigate the internet;(b) The default provider or web proxy the owner or operator uses to access or search the internet; and(c) The owner or operator's list of bookmarks used to access web pages;(2) Collect, through intentionally deceptive means, personally identifiable information:(a) Through the use of a keystroke-logging function that records all keystrokes made by an owner or operator and transfers that information from the computer to another person;(b) In a manner that correlates such information with data respecting all or substantially all of the websites visited by an owner or operator, other than websites operated by the person collecting such information; and(c) Described in subsection (10)(d), (e), or (f)(i) or (ii) of § 11-52.2-1 by extracting the information from the owner or operator's hard drive;(3) Prevent, through intentionally deceptive means, an owner or operator's reasonable efforts to block the installation or execution of, or to disable, computer software by causing the software that the owner or operator has properly removed or disabled automatically to reinstall or reactive [reactivate] on the computer;(4) Intentionally misrepresent that the computer software will be uninstalled or disabled by an owner or operator's action; and(5) Through intentionally deceptive means, remove, disable, or render inoperative security, antispyware, or antivirus computer software installed on the computer.History of Section.P.L. 2006, ch. 583, § 1.