Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., will introduce legislation making it illegal...
Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., will introduce legislation making it illegal for anyone to tamper with a cellphone’s International Mobile Equipment Identifier (IMEI) number, he said Tuesday. Schumer sees such a law as a next step to curbing cellphone thefts. “Right…
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now it’s not an explicit federal crime,” he said. “You tamper with the number, it’s not on the federal law books. It will be.” Schumer will propose penalties of up to five years for tampering with an IMEI number, similar to penalties directed against tampering with a car’s Vehicle Identification Number. “It worked for the VIN number and it'll work for the cellphone ID number,” he said.