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HRS §708-8200

Serious cable TV fraud for sharing devices or plans

This law makes it a serious crime to give someone plans or a device to get cable TV without paying. You must know the plans or device will be used to avoid charges. It is a class C felony.

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The statute, as written — Cable television service fraud in the first degree

(1) A person commits cable television service fraud in the first degree if the person knowingly: (a) Distributes written instructions or plans to make or assemble a cable television service device and knows that the written plans or instructions are intended to be used to make or assemble a device to obtain cable television service without payment of applicable charges; or (b) Distributes a cable television service device and knows that the device is intended to be used to obtain cable television service without payment of applicable charges. (2) Cable television service fraud in the first degree is a class C felony.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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