窃取虚拟财产的刑事司法认定研究

Judicial Cognizance of Stealing Virtual Property

互联网技术高速发展,运用网络虚拟财产进行快捷交易的实践普遍存在,此种便利的背后引发了大量盗窃虚拟财产的犯罪行为。为合理规制此类新型犯罪,不仅要通过民法上对虚拟财产交易予以民事保护,更要通过“财物”的属性,从刑法上打击非法获取他人虚拟财产的行为。盗窃虚拟财产侵犯的是多重法益,既构成盗窃罪也构成非法获取计算机信息系统罪,应当想象竞合以盗窃罪论处。有关盗窃情节,应当根据被害人的类型进行区分,盗窃一般公民的虚拟财产,有定价的按定价定盗窃额,进行加工升级的按照现市场价定盗窃额,兑换的按照实际价值定盗窃额,并根据盗窃数额适用不同的量刑幅度。盗窃网络服务商的虚拟财产的,则直接根据行为的情节匹配量刑幅度。

With the rapid development of internet technologies,the practice of using network virtual property for swift trade is common,which leads to a large number of crimes in stealing virtual property.In order to regulate this kind of new crimes reasonably,we should not only protect the transaction of virtual property in the civil law level,but also crack down on the illegal acquisition of others’virtual property in the criminal law level.The theft of virtual property infringes multiple legal interests,and constitutes both theft and illegal acquisition of computer information system.The circumstances of theft shall be differentiated according to the type of the victim.The amount of theft shall be fixed according to the price,the amount of theft shall be fixed according to the current market price if the virtual property of an ordinary citizen is stolen.The amount of theft shall be determined according to the actual value of the exchange,and different ranges of punishment shall be applied according to the amount of theft.For stealing virtual property of network service providers,the range of sentencing should be measured directly against criminal behaviors.