Criminal liability of legal persons in cyber theft

Subject Areas : فقه و مبانی حقوق

احمد مرادخانی ¹ , سید محسن رضوی اصل ²

1 - استادیار فقه و مبانی حقوق اسلامی، واحد قم، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، قم
2 - دانشجوی دکتری فقه و مبانی حقوق اسلامی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد قم

Received: 2016-02-27 Accepted : 2016-03-15 Published : 2016-04-20

Keywords: Criminal Liability, cyber theft, cyber crime, legal person, laws,

Abstract :

Cyber theft is among the crimes that occur in cyberspace, and although the substantive conditions and constituent elements of a crime, no different from the traditional theft, but the difference in the crime, distinguishing the two types is stealing from each other. The perpetrators of Internet piracy as well as other crimes can be both natural and legal persons. The perpetrators of Internet piracy as well as other crimes, can be both natural and legal persons and the issue of criminal liability of legal persons in the Penal Code Act of 1392 explicitly accepted, in the computer crimes law in Articles 19 to 23 Has been studied and It is seen that in this law, penalties far more severe than the punishment prescribed for the legal person designated for the theft of computer and internet is a real person. and It is seen that in this law, penalties far more severe than the punishment prescribed for the legal person designated for the theft of computer and internet is a real person.