"Wireless LAN" equipment of "wireless LAN" ride, not only the seller but also the purchaser will be punished

"Internet is free to useIt was sold under the singing phrase "The arbitrary agent who used the wireless LAN line of another person without permission, the seller who was selling the so-called "wireless LAN" device was arrestedWe announced on September 22, but it became clear that purchasers as well as sellers were punished.

It is supposed to use the Internet free of charge, but it has become a fake that pays a large fine.

The above picture showsA situation when the no-monitor LAN device was sold in Tokyo · Akihabara in April this yearis.

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"Just free ride" wireless LAN sales, fines 400 million yen to store managers of Nihonbashi Osaka - MSN Sankei News

Wireless LAN: Charged electronics sells electricity store managers in summary formal prosecution - Everyday jp (Mainichi Shimbun)

According to the reports of Sankei Shimbun and Mainichi Shimbun, according to a case arrested by male managers of PC equipment dealers in Osaka and Nihonbashi, saying that they sold devices capable of "free-riding" other people's wireless LAN, , The Osaka District Public Prosecutor's Office proscribed a brief summary for assisting a man of a manager and a partner in a violation of the Radio Law (radio station unauthorized opening).

The Osaka Simplified Court issued a summary order of 400,000 yen for a fine on the same day, but the store manager paid the same day, but even for two equipment purchasers who were sent documents due to the violation of this law, an abbreviated instruction of a fine of 200,000 yen It was said that it was issued.

By the way, if you open or operate a wireless station without obtaining a license,It is stipulated as imprisonment of not more than 1 year or a fine of not more than 1 million yenIn addition to impairing public stations' radio stations, they are sentenced to imprisonment for up to 5 years or a fine of up to 2.5 million yen, so if you avoid buying them in sweet words It looks good.

A no-charge LAN device sold in Akihabara. "High power" etc is said to be,It is an output conflicting with the Radio LawThere seems to be a case.