Chapter if they are committed for the purpose of enrichment. Art. 244 Theft of items of value or power sources shall be punished by up to 6 years’ imprisonment. If a theft offence is particularly gross, e.g. in terms of the value of that which is stolen, its nature or how it was stored, or the method employed in the theft, or the danger accompanying it, and whether the theft was committed by many persons working together or whether the same person has committed many acts of theft, then the punishment shall normally not be less than 3 months’ imprisonment. Art. 245 Looting shall be subject to the same punishment as theft. Art. 246 Appropriation of objects found, or of objects that come into one’s keeping independently of any action on one’s own part, shall be punished by a fine … or up to 3 years’ imprisonment. 1) 1) L. 82/1998, 131. gr. Art. 247 Embezzlement of funds or other items of value in one’s keeping but owned by another person, without this falling under Article 236, shall be punished by up to 6 years’ imprisonment. The unauthorised use of another person’s money for one’s own needs shall be punished in accordance with the first paragraph, irrespective of whether or not there was an obligation to keep the money separate from one’s own. Art. 248 Inducing a person to take an action or not to act by unlawfully arousing, reinforcing or making use of an incorrect or unclear notion on the person’s part regarding some event or circumstance, and so taking money from the person, or from other persons, shall be punished by up to 6 years’ imprisonment. Art. 249 If a person who has been put in a position to do something that will bind another person in an obligation, or who has control of funds on behalf of other persons, abuses this position, the person shall be punished by up to 2 years’ imprisonment, and in the case of a very serious offence the punishment may be increased to up to 6 years’ imprisonment. [Art. 249 a Unlawfully modifying, adding to or destroying computer software, or data or programs stored in machine-readable form, or taking other measures designed to influence the outcome of computer processing, shall be punished by up to 6 years’ imprisonment.] 1) 1) L. 30/1998, 5. gr. Art. 250 Any person convicted of the following offences shall be punished by up to 6 years’ imprisonment for fraudulent settlement: 1. Denying having accepted a monetary loan or other loan or payment for which a recompense is supposed to be made, or refusing to perform a duty by means of wrongly using evidence.