ConnedswiftyisNOTevil writes, "I have recently become obsessed with the BBC Three show 'The Real Hustle' - personally, I think of it as a 'How To' show for aspiring con artists."
Have you carried out a successful con? Perhaps you hustled a few quid off a stranger, or defrauded a multi-national company. Or have you been taken for the wide-eyed, naive rube that you are?
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chthonic, Thu 18 Oct 2007, 13:02)
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Free Virgin Media? Could be a problem...You could be charged under s.125(1) of the Communications Act 2003 - that's the act they've used to charge people who sneak onto wireless connections where the owner stupidly hasn't changed the SSID, hidden it, and set up passwords etc.
s.125(1)(b) states that you have to do it with the intent of avoiding payment, so I suppose you could argue that, since you would be willing to pay if they asked for the payment, the section is not applicable. But that's so tenuous you might get laughed out of court.
The penalty on summary conviction is maximum 6 months imprisonment, a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both. If on indictment then it would be a maximum of 5 years imprisonment, a fine, or both.
None of this however changes the fact that Virgin Media are tossers who deserve to lose a lot of money, and it is about time we got to screw them as much as they screw us. But that's just my personal opinion.
PS: My usual caveat here - I'm not a qualified solicitor, so if you act on my advice and it all goes tits up, I'll have skipped the country - you have been warned...
PPS: Rachelswipe is a qualified solicitor - do you do pro bono work for B3tards Ms Swipe?
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