An agent, operator, or employee in a telegraph office who uses or appropriates information derived by that person from a private message passing through the person's hands and addressed to another, or information acquired by reason of the person's trust as agent, operator, or employee, or who trades or speculates upon this information, or who turns or attempts to turn it to personal account, profit, or advantage is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine of not more than $1000, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both, and is liable in treble damages to the party aggrieved for loss or injury sustained.
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