Pirates brought to task
/In the United States, Federal prosecutors have achieved a conviction against Robens Cheriza in West Palm Beach for interfering with the international Airport with a home-based radio station.
Cheriza
was fined $20,000 dollars, after Cheriza has ignored the Federal
Communications Commission's order to pay the fine — called a forfeiture
order in FCC documents — since last April.
Cheriza
violated federal broadcasting laws by "willfully and repeatedly"
transmitting a radio signal without a license in the spring of 2011,
according to the lawsuit. The summons was filed Tuesday.
Read the full Sun-Sentinel article - http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/palm-beach/fl-pirate-radio-station-20130212,0,2106451.story
In Wolverhampton, West Midlands, UK, Ofcom have raided a pirate station effecting broadcast in the FM band.
Read the BBC story Arrest in Wolverhampton pirate radio station raid -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-21455970