Unauthorized use of telecommunication services
Sec. 7. A person who knowingly or intentionally:
(1) makes, distributes, possesses, uses, or assembles an
unlawful telecommunications device that is designed, adapted,
or used to:
(A) commit a theft of telecommunications service;
(B) acquire or facilitate the acquisition of
telecommunications service without the consent of the
telecommunications service provider; or
(C) conceal, or assist another in concealing, from a
telecommunication services provider or authority, or from
another person with enforcement authority, the existence or
place of origin or destination of telecommunications;
(2) sells, possesses, distributes, gives, transports, or otherwise
transfers to another or offers or advertises for sale:
(A) an unlawful telecommunications device, with the intent
to use the unlawful telecommunications device or allow the
device to be used for a purpose described in subdivision (1),
or while knowing or having reason to believe that the device
is intended to be so used;
(B) plans or instructions for making or assembling an
unlawful telecommunications device, knowing or having
reason to believe that the plans or instructions are intended
to be used for making or assembling an unlawful
telecommunications device; or
(C) material, including hardware, cables, tools, data,
computer software, or other information or equipment,
knowing that the purchaser or a third person intends to use
the material in the manufacture of an unlawful
telecommunications device; or
(3) publishes:
(A) the number or code of an existing, a canceled, a revoked,
or a nonexistent telephone number, credit number, or other
credit device; or
(B) the method of numbering or coding that is employed in
the issuance of telephone numbers, credit numbers, or other
credit devices;
with knowledge or reason to believe that the information may
be used to avoid the payment of a lawful telephone or telegraph
toll charge;
commits unauthorized use of telecommunication services, a Class A
misdemeanor. However, if the commission of the offense involves at
least five (5) unlawful telecommunications devices the offense is a
Class D felony.
As added by P.L.216-1996, SEC.23.
Last modified: May 24, 2006