In another example of its stepped-up enforcement efforts, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has cited a New York City-based technology retailer for marketing unapproved radio frequency (RF) devices.
According to a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture issued by the Commission in mid-December, Sound Around, an online seller of audio and video electronics and accessories, marketed 33 unauthorized, non-compliant radio frequency devices through its website. The company also reportedly failed to comply with repeated requests from the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau to cease its marketing of the non-compliant devices, dating as far back as 2011, and provided incomplete responses to multiple inquiries from the Bureau, thereby obstructing its investigation into the violations.
Accordingly, the FCC has proposed a financial penalty of $1,202,454 against Sound Around, an amount which the FCC says reflects the company’s willful and ongoing disregard of FCC rules.
Read the text of the FCC’s NAL for Forfeiture against Sound Around.
