What kind of legal trouble can I get into for knowing someone’s password to their e-mail and Facebook account and going in and deleting their stuff?
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What kind of legal trouble can I get into for knowing someone’s password to their e-mail and Facebook account and going in and deleting their stuff?
I have never been in legal before. I know what I did was wrong. We were friends for 13 years and we had a falling out.
Asked on May 3, 2012 under Criminal Law, Ohio
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
If you improperly entered some third party's face book account and deleted that person's information, you could very well be charged with vandalism, malicious mischief and other specific internet crimes under your state's laws even though you are a minor.
If criminal charges are pressed against you and you are convicted, you could end up having to pay a fine, being sentenced to a youth detention facilty, placed on court probation, ordered to take classes or do community service work.
I suggest that if charges are brought against you, your parents immediately retain a criminal defense attorney to represent you.
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