Encryption used in criminal activity

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-152.15
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Any person who willfully uses encryption to further any criminal activity shall be guilty of an offense which is separate and distinct from the predicate criminal activity and punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor. "Encryption" means the enciphering of intelligible data into unintelligible form or the deciphering of unintelligible data into intelligible form. 1999, c. 455 .
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/18.2-152.15/Fetched: 10/16/2026

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