April 2014
A Florida man was finally caught after using a cell phone jammer in his car for at least 16 months.
MetroPCS noticed one of their cell phone towers had failures every morning and evening around the same time every day (presumably only on the days when this guy was driving by).
They reported it to the FCC and a bandwidth stakeout ensued. We can only assume a demure FCC vehicle roamed the roadways in question scanning for rogue transmissions. Sure enough, they found this man's blue Toyota Highlander transmitting "strong wideband emissions."
The FCC fined him $48,000.
The jammer probably cost him less than $150.
Not worth it, for sure.
Story Here:
http://www.cnet.com/news/man-put-cell-phone-jammer-in-car-to-stop-driver-calls-fcc-says/
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