Abstract

The criminal liability of legal entities in the context of cybercrime is established through the Criminal Code, which was reformed in 2010, including legal entities as active subjects of crimes for the first time in our legislation. This means that they can be punished for crimes committed for their benefit, such as computer fraud, the dissemination of malware or the violation of intellectual property rights. Liability is triggered when it is proven that the crime was committed by persons acting on behalf of or on behalf of the entity and that the entity has not implemented adequate prevention and control measures. However, this task is not easy, since it will be necessary to determine which natural person has illegally accessed another's computer system, caused computer damage, cyber fraud, committed child pornography, digital piracy, or executed the hate crime, in what area, or whether it affects the entire scope of the legal entity, among other factors that are difficult to define. This article attempts to provide an approach to the regime of this liability limited to computer crimes, in order to synthesize the legal and jurisprudential requirements in this matter.