2013 Mississippi Code
Title 97 - CRIMES
Chapter 45 - COMPUTER CRIMES AND IDENTITY THEFT
§ 97-45-3 - Computer fraud; penalties

(1) Computer fraud is the accessing or causing to be accessed of any computer, computer system, computer network or any part thereof with the intent to:

(a) Defraud;

(b) Obtain money, property or services by means of false or fraudulent conduct, practices or representations; or through the false or fraudulent alteration, deletion or insertion of programs or data; or

(c) Insert or attach or knowingly create the opportunity for an unknowing and unwanted insertion or attachment of a set of instructions or a computer program into a computer program, computer, computer system, or computer network, that is intended to acquire, alter, damage, delete, disrupt, or destroy property or otherwise use the services of a computer program, computer, computer system or computer network.

(2) Whoever commits the offense of computer fraud shall be punished, upon conviction, by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($ 1,000.00), or by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. However, when the damage or loss or attempted damage or loss amounts to a value of Five Hundred Dollars ($ 500.00) or more, the offender may be punished, upon conviction, by a fine of not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($ 10,000.00) or by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.