Michigan Introduces Bill to Prosecute Persons Who ‘Falsely Alter’ Data on Blockchain

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Published Jun 13, 2018 08:48PM ET

Updated Jun 13, 2018 10:02PM ET

Michigan Introduces Bill to Prosecute Persons Who ‘Falsely Alter’ Data on Blockchain

The Michigan state legislature has introduced two bills that classify modifying data on a blockchain as a crime, according to House Bills 6257 and 6258 submitted on the US legislative tracking service Legiscan June 12.

HB 6257 says that any person who “falsely makes, alters, forges, or counterfeits a public record” and intends to “injure or defraud another person,” would be prosecuted of a “felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 14 years.”

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