U.S. v. WILLIAMS

No. 97-1817MN.

128 F.3d 1239 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Ricky Curtis WILLIAMS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided November 5, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark D. Nyvold, St. Paul, MN, argued (Earl P. Gray, on the brief), for appellant.

Henry Joseph Shea, Asst. Atty. General, Minneapolis, MN, for appellee.

Before FAGG, WOLLMAN and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.


FAGG, Circuit Judge.

Ricky Curtis Williams trafficked in cloned cellular telephones. A cloned cell phone is one that has been programmed with the electronic serial number and mobile identification number of a legitimate cellular-service subscriber. Because billing is keyed to these numbers, all calls made from the cloned telephone are charged to the legitimate customer, who naturally refuses to pay. The cellular telephone companies end up absorbing the loss.

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