Practice question
An employee fraudulently and without authority alters payment data through a computer, but intervention prevents any damage. All other Section4(b)(2) elements are established. He argues prevention necessarily makes the statute entirely inapplicable. What does its express proviso provide?
- A penalty one degree lower when no damage has yet been caused
- Automatic immunity whenever payment is stopped
- A civil claim only in every case
- A required prior property conviction
- A mandatory acquittal for all attempted digital fraud
Legal references
- RA10175 ChapterII Sections4(a)(4)–(5),4(b)(2)–(3) and5: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2012/ra_10175_2012.html
- Disini v Secretary of Justice GR203335 February11,2014 MAIN operative declaration: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2014/feb2014/gr_203335_2014.html
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