①A person who defrauds another person of property is punished by imprisonment for 10 years or less.

②The same applies to a person who illegally obtains or causes another person to illegally obtain a profit by the means prescribed under the preceding paragraph.

Beyond what are provided for in the provisions of the preceding Article, a person who illegally obtains or causes another person to illegally obtain a profit by creating a false electronic or magnetic record relating to acquisition, loss or alteration of property rights by inputting false data or giving unauthorized commands to a computer utilized for the business processes of another person, or by putting a false electronic or magnetic record relating to acquisition, loss or alteration of property rights into use for the business processes of another person, is punished by imprisonment for 10 years or less.

When a person who is in charge of the affairs of another person, for the benefit of their own interest or the interest of a third party, or inflicting damage on another person, commits an act in breach of legal duty and causes the financial loss to another person, imprisonment for 5 years or less or a fine of 500,000 yen or less is imposed.

A person who, by taking advantage of the inexperience in judgement of a minor or the intellectual disability of a person, causes them to deliver their property, or obtains or makes a third person to obtain an illegal profit, is punished by imprisonment for 10 years or less.

①A person who extorts another person to deliver property is punished by imprisonment for 10 years or less.

②The same applies to a person who illegally obtains or causes another person to illegally obtain a profit by the means prescribed under the preceding paragraph.

Any attempt to commit the crimes prescribed under this Chapter is punished.

The provisions of Articles 242, 244 and 245 apply mutatis mutandis to the crimes prescribed under this Chapter.