. Bell telephone magazine . 25. rc 26 property by means of false or fraud-ulent pretenses, representations, orpromises, transmits or causes to betransmitted by means of wire, radio,or television communication in in-terstate or foreign commerce, anywritings, signs, signals, pictures, orsounds for the purpose of executingsuch scheme or artifice, shall befined not more than $1,000 or im-prisoned not more than five years,or both. Looking at the problem from theBell System point of view, toll fraudcan be divided into three separatecategories: 1) fraudulent use ofelectronic devices to illegally ente
. Bell telephone magazine . 25. rc 26 property by means of false or fraud-ulent pretenses, representations, orpromises, transmits or causes to betransmitted by means of wire, radio,or television communication in in-terstate or foreign commerce, anywritings, signs, signals, pictures, orsounds for the purpose of executingsuch scheme or artifice, shall befined not more than $1,000 or im-prisoned not more than five years,or both. Looking at the problem from theBell System point of view, toll fraudcan be divided into three separatecategories: 1) fraudulent use ofelectronic devices to illegally enterthe telephone network, 2) fraudu-lent use of telephone credit cards,3) fraudulent use of third-numberbilling. Bell System losses from creditcard and third number cheatsamounted to $ million in 1971while losses incurred from elec-tronic fraud are almost impossibleto estimate with any degree of ac-curacy. A closer look at each type oftoll fraud may show that each mustbe dealt with as a separate problemwith different solution
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