S.493 - Wireless Telephone Protection Act https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/493 https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill

S.493 - Wireless Telephone Protection Act https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/493 https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/493 Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit knowingly using, producing, trafficking in, having control or custody of, or possessing hardware or software knowing that it has been configured to insert or modify telecommunication identifying information associated with or contained in a telecommunications instrument so that such instrument may be used to obtain telecommunications service without authorization. You could probably argue that modifying the IMEI ("telecommunication identifying information") would not actually allow you "to obtain telecommunications service without authorization"-- you still need to reconfigure the SIM card. Of course, stealing PINs without also stealing the ATM cards is prima facie a crime, even though the PIN alone doesn't allow you to obtain funds.