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 NEWS  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  TTY  202  /  418-  2555  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  This  is  an  unofficial  announcement  of  Commission  action.  Release  of  the  full  text  of  a  Commission  order  constitutes  official  action.  See  MCI  v.  FCC.  515  F  2d  385  (D.  C.  Circ  1974). 
 FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE:  NEWS  MEDIA  CONTACT:  May  29,  2002  John  Winston  (202)  418-  7450 
 FCC  INVESTIGATION  LEADS  TO  SEIZURE  OF  UNLICENSED  FM  RADIO  EQUIPMENT 
 Washington,  D.  C.  –  Today,  the  Federal  Communications  Commission  (FCC)  announced  that  an  investigation  by  the  FCC’s  Enforcement  Bureau  led  to  the  seizure  of  unlicensed  broadcast 
 radio  equipment  operated  by  Mr.  Amil  Lugo-  González.  The  station  had  been  operating  on  99.5  MHz  from  Jayuya,  Puerto  Rico.  The  FCC  San  Juan  Office,  working  in  conjunction  with  the 
 United  States  Marshals  Service  and  the  Office  of  the  United  States  Attorney  for  the  District  of  Puerto  Rico,  seized  the  broadcasting  equipment  on  May  21,  2002.  The  FCC,  on  more  than  one 
 occasion,  had  issued  notices  to  Mr.  Lugo-  González  directing  him  to  cease  operation  of  the  unlicensed  station. 


 The  operation  of  an  unlicensed  broadcast  station  is  a  violation  of  Section  301  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended.  Operators  of  illegal  unlicensed  broadcast  stations 
 may  be  subject  to  monetary  penalties  of  up  to  $11,000  per  violation,  seizure  by  court  order  of  all  radio  equipment  involved  in  the  operation,  and  court  order  directing  that  those  persons  cease 
 operation  of  the  unlicensed  station.  In  addition,  unlicensed  operators  may  be  subject  to  criminal  sanctions,  including  fines  and  imprisonment. 


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 Enforcement  Bureau  Contact:  John  Winston  at  (202)  418-  7450  TTY  1(  888)  835-  5322 
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