---
title: "Wire Fraud Defense"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/crim-criminal-law-en/wire-fraud-defense-en"
field: "Criminal Law"
description: "Articles 284-286 CC Georgia: computer crime — fines to imprisonment up to 7 years. Elements, penalties and defense. Legal.ge."
reviewed: "2026-07-09"
updated: "2026-10-14"
publisher: "legal.ge"
---

# Wire Fraud Defense

> Source: legal.ge, https://legal.ge/en/service/crim-criminal-law-en/wire-fraud-defense-en

## Computer Crime Under Georgian Law — Articles 284 to 286

Computer crimes are among the most sensitive risks for organizations and individuals, because a single mistake in a technical environment can lead a person to criminal liability. The corresponding chapter of the Criminal Code of Georgia governs these offenses through Articles 284, 285 and 286: unauthorized access to a computer system, unlawful use of computer data and, or, a computer system, and interference with data and, or, a system. This page explains what each of these norms establishes, which penalties they provide, and where a defense in such cases begins.

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### Which conduct do Articles 284, 285 and 286 govern?

Article 284 — unauthorized access to a computer system; Article 285 — unauthorized making, acquisition, storage, sale or distribution of programs, devices, passwords or access codes for the purpose of committing an offense; Article 286 — damaging, deleting, altering, suppressing, inserting or transferring computer data.

### What penalty is provided for simple unauthorized access?

Under the first part of Article 284 — a fine, or corrective labor for up to two years, or imprisonment for up to two years.

### When does the penalty reach its maximum?

When the conduct targets a subject of a critical information system: Article 284 provides imprisonment from three to six years, while Articles 285 and 286 provide imprisonment from four to seven years.

### What counts as significant damage under this chapter?

Damage exceeding 2000 GEL, except for a case provided for by another norm of the Code. The prosecution must establish and document it.

### Can a legal entity be held liable?

Yes — for this conduct a legal entity is punished by a fine, by deprivation of the right to carry out activity, or by liquidation and a fine.