ARLA/CLUSTER: FCC aplica multa de 400 000 Dólares por transmissões não autorizadas das frequências da New York City Police Department (NYPD)

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

FCC affirms huge fine in New York interference case

The FCC has affirmed a huge fine of more than $400,000 on Jay Peralta,
a Queens, New York, man who has admitted to making unauthorized
transmissions on New York City Police Department (NYPD) radio
frequencies, maliciously interfering with officers’ communications.

The FCC had sent Peralta a Notice of Apparent Liability (NAL) last
April 14. Peralta, 20, is alleged to have transmitted false bomb
threats, false claims of criminal activity involving firearms, false
distress calls from purported NYPD officers, and threats against
individual NYPD officers. The unauthorized transmissions began in
2016, according to the FCC.

“Mr. Peralta has not filed a response to the NAL,” the FCC said in an
October 10 Forfeiture Order (FO). “Based on the information before us,
we find no reason to cancel, withdraw, or reduce the proposed penalty,
and we therefore assess the $404,166 forfeiture the Commission
previously proposed in the NAL.”

The FCC has calculated the precise forfeiture at $404,166.

The FCC said the transmissions occurred from April through August
2016. The NYPD subsequently provided the FCC with a written statement
by Peralta, who is currently in custody pending trial for related
charges, in which he acknowledged making nine unauthorized
transmission on the NYPD radio system, the FCC said.

“If such payment is not received within 30 days, the matter is
referred to the Justice Department for collection,” the FCC said.

Read the full ARRL story
http://www.arrl.org/news/view/fcc-affirms-huge-fine-in-new-york-interference-case?utm_source=amateur-radio-weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter