Computer crimes; penalty.

Computer crimes; monetary harm; penalty. Provides that it is a Class 1 misdemeanor for a person to maliciously use an Internet-capable computer as part of a scheme involving false representations to cause another person to expend monetary funds that would not have been expended if not for such scheme if the person using such computer knew or should have known that the funds would be expended. The bill provides that it is not a defense that the defendant did not receive any direct or indirect benefit from the scheme.