Are you sure?

https://legalbeagle.com/8608294-difference-between-larceny-t...

> In many states, "theft" is an umbrella term that includes all different kinds of criminal taking. This is the case in New York. Under the New York Codes, theft can be any type of taking, like identity theft, theft of intellectual property, theft of services and theft of personal property

If you're a mathematician and not a lawyer you might think those are different operations. But lawyers, judges, and juries have a unique capacity to argue that you're guilty of subtraction even if you only multiplied.

To a lawyer, bits have color: https://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/entry/23.