no that isn't what the law says and I'm guessing you don't understand what it means to conspire. If you and your buddy are sitting at lunch and he says to you 'Wouldn't be fun to rob that bank over there, we should do it', guess what that's not a crime. However if you and your buddy get together plan out the robbery, get plans to the bank, stake it out and get schedules, but ski masks, steal a get away car and set a time to do it....guess what you conspired to rob the bank you you just broke the law. If you you get pulled over on the way to the bank and the police see the ski masks and bank plans in the back seat and after talking to you find out you were on your way to rob the bank then you are going to jail even though you didn't rob the bank.
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If the computer was use as part of other crimes....not on it's own.
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If it involves other crimes as well. On it's own a computer crime isn't racketeering. Read the bill again.
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no that isn't what the law says and I'm guessing you don't understand what it means to conspire. If you and your buddy are sitting at lunch and he says to you 'Wouldn't be fun to rob that bank over there, we should do it', guess what that's not a crime. However if you and your buddy get together plan out the robbery, get plans to the bank, stake it out and get schedules, but ski masks, steal a get away car and set a time to do it....guess what you conspired to rob the bank you you just broke the law. If you you get pulled over on the way to the bank and the police see the ski masks and bank plans in the back seat and after talking to you find out you were on your way to rob the bank then you are going to jail even though you didn't rob the bank.