P.R. Laws tit. 33, § 2163
Any natural or juridical person who attempts to defraud or who is an accomplice of another person to defraud any natural or juridical person of any lawful charge, in whole or in part, for any telecommunications service, including the Internet, or who prevents or attempts to prevent or who instigates or assists another person to prevent or attempts to prevent such charges for said service, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor:
(a) Charging said service to an existing account, telephone number or credit card without the authorization of the subscriber or the legitimate holder of same; or
(b) charging said service to a non-existing account, telephone number or credit card number, false, fictitious or forged, or to an account, telephone number or credit card, suspended, annulled, expired, cancelled or revoked; or
(c) using a code, preconceived device, or any stratagem or plan whereby said person, in fact, sends or receives information, or
(d) restructuring, altering or making connection with any facilities or equipment of a telephone company or any telecommunications enterprise, whether physically, by induction, acoustically, electronically or using said service knowing that such restructuring, alteration or connection existed or occurred.
The person guilty of the offense defined by §§ 2163—2165 of this title shall be punished by a fine which shall not exceed the sum of one hundred dollars ($100), or by imprisonment in jail for a term not to exceed thirty (30) days, or both penalties in the discretion of the court, whenever the charge for the service obtained or attempted to obtain by such actions does not exceed fifty dollars ($50); if the charge of the service obtained or attempted to obtain by such action exceeds fifty dollars ($50), said person shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or imprisonment in jail for a term not to exceed one year, or both penalties, in the discretion of the court.
History —May 29, 1968, No. 62, p. 104, § 1; Oct. 5, 1999, No. 311, § 1.