Federal Communications Commission DA 13-52 
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of
SECURITY-CAMERAS-CCTV.COM
Levittown, New York
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File No.:  EB-FIELDNER-13-00006091
Citation No.:  C201332380001
CITATION AND ORDER
ILLEGAL MARKETING OF UNAUTHORIZED RADIO FREQUENCY DEVICES
Adopted: January 17, 2013 Released:  January 17, 2013
By the Acting District Director, New York Office, Northeast Region, Enforcement Bureau:
I. INTRODUCTION
1. This is an official CITATION AND ORDER (Citation) issued pursuant to Section 503(b)(5) 
of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (Act),1 to SECURITY-CAMERAS-CCTV.COM 
(CCTV) for selling unauthorized wireless camera surveillance systems in the United States in violation of 
Section 302(b) of the Act,2 and Sections 2.803(a)(1) and 15.201(b) of the Commission’s rules (Rules).3
2. CCTV should take immediate steps to come into compliance and to avoid any recurrence of 
this misconduct, including such actions as removing unauthorized wireless camera surveillance systems 
from CCTV’s on-line store and declining to sell unauthorized wireless camera surveillance systems in the 
United States.  As explained below and as provided in the Act, future violations of the Act and the Rules 
in this regard may subject CCTV to substantial monetary penalties, seizure of equipment, and criminal 
sanctions.   Pursuant to Sections 4(i), 4(j), and 403 of the Act,4 we also direct CCTV to confirm within 
thirty (30) calendar days after the release date of this Citation that it has ceased to market unauthorized 
wireless camera surveillance systems and to provide information concerning its suppliers, distribution 
channels, and sales.
II. BACKGROUND
3. On November 29, 2011, agents from the Enforcement Bureau’s Los Angeles Office 
investigated a complaint from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) concerning interference to the 
FAA’s Terminal Doppler Weather Radar (TDWR) system in Las Vegas, Nevada. The agents traced the 
  
1 47 U.S.C. § 503(b)(5).
2 47 U.S.C. § 302a(b).
3 47 C.F.R. § 2.803(a)(1) and 15.201(b).
4 47 U.S.C. §§ 154(i) - (j), 403.
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interference to a wireless camera surveillance system installed at ExtraSpace Storage in Henderson, 
Nevada.5 The agents inspected the 5.8 GHz wireless video transmitter and observed that it contained 
neither an FCC identification number nor the name of a manufacturer.  The contractor who installed the 
system reported to the agents that he purchased the device from CCTV’s on-line store on May 23, 2011 
and provided the agents a copy of the invoice confirming purchase of the device from CCTV on May 23, 
2011.6  
III. APPLICABLE LAW AND VIOLATIONS
4. Federal law requires that radio frequency devices be certified in accordance with the FCC’s 
technical standards before they can be marketed in the United States.  Section 302(b) of the Act provides 
that “[n]o person shall manufacture, import, sell, offer for sale, or ship devices or home electronic 
equipment and systems, or use devices, which fail to comply with regulations promulgated pursuant to 
this section.”7 Section 2.803(a)(1) of the Commission’s implementing regulations provides that “no 
person shall sell or lease, or offer for sale or lease (including advertising for sale or lease), or import, ship, 
or distribute for the purpose of selling or leasing or offering for sale or lease, any radio frequency device 
unless: “[i]n the case of a device subject to certification, such device has been authorized by the 
Commission in accordance with the Rules in this chapter and is properly identified and labeled....”8  
Section 2.803(g) of the Rules provides in pertinent part that “radio frequency devices that could not be 
authorized or legally operated under the current Rules…shall not be operated, advertised, displayed, 
offered for sale or lease, sold or leased, or otherwise marketed absent a license issued under part 5 of this 
chapter or a special temporary authorization issued by the Commission.”9 Section 2.803(e)(4) of the 
Rules defines “marketing” as the “sale or lease, or offering for sale or lease, including advertising for sale 
or lease, or importation, shipment or distribution for the purpose of selling or leasing or offering for sale 
or lease.”10
5. Intentional radiators,11 such as the transmitter component of the wireless camera system sold 
by CCTV, are generally required by Section 15.201 of the Rules12 to be approved through the equipment 
certification13 procedures described in Sections 2.1031 – 2.1060 of the Rules14 prior to marketing within 
the United States.  There is no evidence that the device sold by CCTV has received an equipment 
certification.  
6. Accordingly, CCTV violated Section 302(b) of the Act and Sections 2.803(a)(1) and 
15.201(b) of the Rules by selling the 5.8 GHz wireless video transmitter in the United States without prior 
Commission authorization. CCTV should take immediate steps to come into compliance and to avoid any 
  
5 See ExtraSpace Storage, Notice of Unlicensed Operation, Document Number W201232900003 (Enf. Bur., Los 
Angeles Field Office, Dec. 20, 2011).
6 Invoice on file in EB-FIELDNER-12-00002960 (identifying device with SKU number 58T2).  
7 47 U.S.C. § 302a(b).
8 47 C.F.R. § 2.803(a)(1).
9 47 C.F.R. § 2.803(g).
10 47 C.F.R. § 2.803(e)(4).
11 An intentional radiator is “[a] device that intentionally generates and emits radio frequency energy by radiation or 
induction.”  47 C.F.R. § 15.3(o).
12 See 47 C.F.R. § 15.201.
13 A certification is an equipment authorization issued by the Commission, based on representations and test data 
submitted by the applicant.  See 47 C.F.R. § 2.907(a).
14 47 C.F.R. §§ 2.1031 – 2.1060.
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recurrence of this misconduct, including such actions as removing unauthorized wireless camera 
surveillance systems from CCTV’s on-line store and declining to sell unauthorized wireless camera 
surveillance systems in the United States.  
IV. FUTURE COMPLIANCE
7. If, after receipt of this Citation, CCTV violates the Communications Act or the Commission’s 
rules by engaging in conduct of the type described herein, the Commission may impose monetary 
forfeitures of up to $16,000 for each such violation or, in the case of a continuing violation, the 
Commission may impose monetary forfeitures of up to $16,000 for each day of such continuing violation 
up to a maximum forfeiture of $112,500 for any single act or failure to act.15  For instance, the 
Commission could impose separate forfeitures for each wireless camera surveillance system sold and/or 
for each day on which a wireless camera surveillance system is advertised, or otherwise offered for sale. 
Violations of the Communications Act or the Rules can also result in seizure of equipment through in rem
forfeiture actions,16 as well as criminal sanctions, including imprisonment.17
8. In addition to providing the required information described in paragraph 12, CCTV may 
respond to this Citation within thirty (30) calendar days after the release date of this Citation either 
through (1) a personal interview at the closest FCC office, or (2) a written statement.  Any written 
statements should specify what actions have been taken by CCTV to ensure that it does not violate the 
Commission’s rules governing the marketing of radio frequency devices in the future. All responses 
should be addressed to Federal Communications Commission, New York Office, 201 Varick Street, New 
York, NY, 10014.  Please reference file number EB-FIELDNER-12-00002960 when corresponding with 
the Commission.
9. Under the Privacy Act of 1974, any statement or information provided by you may be used 
by the Commission to determine if further enforcement action is required.18 Any knowingly or willfully 
false statement, or concealment of any material fact, made in reply to this Citation is punishable by fine or 
imprisonment.19 Please also note that Section 1.17 of the Rules requires that you provide truthful and 
accurate statements to the Commission.20
V. CONTACT INFORMATION
10. The closest FCC Office is the New York Office in New York, New York.  You may contact
the New York Office by telephone, (212) 337-1865, to schedule a personal interview, which must take 
place within thirty (30) calendar days after the release date of this Citation.
  
15 See 47 U.S.C. § 401, 501, 503; 47 C.F.R. § 1.80(b)(3).  This amount is subject to further adjustment for inflation 
(see id. § 1.80(b)(5)), and the forfeiture amount applicable to any violation will be determined based on the statutory 
amount designated at the time of the violation.    
16 47 U.S.C. § 510.
17 47 U.S.C. §§ 401, 501.
18 See Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. § 552a(e)(3).
19 See 18 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq.
20 47 C.F.R. § 1.17 (“… no person subject to this rule shall; (1) In any written or oral statement of fact, intentionally 
provide material factual information that is incorrect or intentionally omit material information that is necessary to 
prevent any material factual statement that is made from being incorrect or misleading; and (2) In any written 
statement of fact, provide material factual information that is incorrect or omit material information that is necessary 
to prevent any material factual statement that is made from being incorrect or misleading without a reasonable basis 
for believing that any such material factual statement is correct and not misleading.”) 
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11. Reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities are available upon request.  Include 
a description of the accommodation you will need including as much detail as you can.  Also include a 
way we can contact you if we need more information.  Please allow at least five (5) days advance notice; 
last minute requests will be accepted, but may be impossible to fill.  Send an e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or 
call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau:
 For sign language interpreters, CART, and other reasonable accommodations: 
202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 (tty);
 For accessible format materials (braille, large print, electronic files, and audio format): 
202-418-0531 (voice), 202-418-7365 (tty).  
VI. REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
12. Pursuant to Sections 4(i), 4(j), and 403 of the Act,21 CCTV is directed to provide the 
following information requested in non-public Appendix A attached hereto within thirty (30) calendar 
days after the release date of this Citation.  The request for information concerns CCTV’s sale of 
unauthorized wireless camera surveillance systems as well as the disposition of its inventory of 
unauthorized wireless camera surveillance systems. A failure to respond, or an inadequate, incomplete, or 
misleading response, may subject CCTV to additional sanctions.22
VII. ORDERING CLAUSES
13. IT IS ORDERED that pursuant to Sections 4(i), 4(j), and 403 of the Communications Act, 
SECURITY-CAMERAS-CCTV.COM must provide the information requested in paragraph 12 and non-
public Appendix A to this Citation and Order.  The response to the Request for Information must be 
provided in the manner indicated herein and must be received by the FCC within thirty (30) calendar days 
after the release date of this Citation and Order. 
  
21 47 U.S.C. §§ 154(i), 154(j), 403.
22 See, e.g., SBC Communications, Inc., Apparent Liability for Forfeiture, Forfeiture Order, 17 FCC Rcd 7589, 
7599-7600, paras. 23-28 (2002) ($100,000 forfeiture for egregious and intentional misconduct, i.e., refusing to attest 
to truthfulness and accuracy of responses to a Letter Inquiry (LOI)); Connect Paging, Inc. d/b/a Get A Phone, 
Forfeiture Order, 22 FCC Rcd 15146 (Enf. Bur. 2007) ($4,000 forfeiture for failure to respond to an LOI); 
BigZoo.Com Corporation, Order of Forfeiture, 20 FCC Rcd 3954 (Enf. Bur. 2005) ($20,000 forfeiture for failure to 
respond to a USF LOI); Donald W. Kaminski, Jr., Forfeiture Order, 18 FCC Rcd 26065 (Enf. Bur. 2003) ($4,000 
forfeiture for failure to respond to an LOI); World Communications Satellite Systems, Inc., Notice of Apparent 
Liability for Forfeiture, 18 FCC Rcd 18545 (Enf. Bur. 2003) ($10,000 forfeiture for a non-responsive reply to an 
LOI); Digital Antenna, Inc., Sunrise, Florida, Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture, 23 FCC Rcd 7600 
(Spectrum Enf. Div., Enf. Bur. 2007) ($11,000 forfeiture for failure to provide complete responses to an LOI).
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14. IT IS ORDERED that a copy of this Citation and Order shall be sent both by First Class 
U.S. Mail and Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested to SECURITY-CAMERAS-CCTV.COM, 94 
Gardiners Avenue, # 164, Levittown, New York 11756.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Gary Barker
Acting District Director
New York Office 
Northeast Region
Enforcement Bureau