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Is it theft/fraud if one sends confidential info from their work laptop to their own personal web mail but there is no malicious intent? (UK/US)
Sender's intentions are non malicious, but the sender knows they are not supposed to send confidential info out of work laptop, and sender deleted some sent emails to cover up. Their intent is to do ...
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Temporary theft, or, removing someones property to deliver it to their home or office
If I take somebody's property without consent, with the intent of keeping it, it is theft.
If I take somebody's property without consent, but return it to them immediately, what law am I violating? ...
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Does the UK prohibition of 'dishonest' electricity 'abstraction' extend to other utilities?
The Theft Act 1968 prohibits the 'Abstracting of electricity' under s.13. What about other utilities?
e.g. A neighbour secretly connects their hosepipe to a neighbours tap that is easily accessed (...
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