Oklahoma § 21-1515 - Telecommunication services - Unlawful procurement Penalty

§ 21-1515. Telecommunication services - Unlawful procurement Penalty

Any individual, corporation, or other person, who, with intent

to defraud or to aid and abet another to defraud any individual,

corporation, or other person, of the lawful charge, in whole or in

part, for any telecommunications service, shall avoid or attempt to

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments

avoid or shall cause or assist another to avoid or attempt to avoid

any such charge for such service:

(a) by charging such service to an existing account, or using

such services from an existing account, telephone number or credit

card number without the authority of the subscriber thereto or the

legitimate holder thereof; or

(b) by charging such service to a nonexistent, false,

fictitious, or counterfeit account, telephone number or credit card

number or to a suspended, terminated, expired, cancelled or revoked

telephone number or credit card number; or

(c) by use of a code, prearranged scheme, or other similar

strategem or device whereby said person in effect sends or receives

information; or

(d) by rearranging, tampering with or making connection with any

facilities or equipment of a telephone or other communications

company, whether physically, inductively, acoustically, or

electrically, or by utilizing such service, having reason to believe

that such rearrangement, connection, or tampering existed or

occurred;

shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction

thereof, be imprisoned not exceeding one (1) year or fined not

exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both, in the

discretion of the court.

Laws 1965, c. 137, § 1, emerg. eff. May 24, 1965; Laws 1991, c. 10,

§ 1, eff. July 1, 1991.