STATEMENT OF
COMMISSIONER BRENDAN CARR
Re: Fabrice Polynice, North Miami, FL, File No. EB-FIELDSCR-13-00012949; Harold Sido and 
Veronise Sido, North Miami, FL, File No. EB-FIELDSCR-15-00018596.
This case shows how far unauthorized, or pirate, radio operators are willing to go in their efforts 
to avoid complying with the law.  In this case, agents with the Commission’s Miami field office issued 
numerous warnings to the operators, U.S. Marshals seized their pirate radio equipment, and the 
Enforcement Bureau issued both a Notice of Apparent Liability (NAL) and a Forfeiture Order against one 
of them.  Despite these actions, the pirate radio station continued to broadcast.  
But this case also demonstrates this Commission’s commitment to shutting down pirate radio 
operations.  The Enforcement Bureau is stepping up its efforts, and today’s NAL is a great example of 
that.  Given the unique relationship between the owners of the property where agents discovered the 
pirate radio equipment and the operation of that station, this NAL imposes a fine jointly on all parties that 
appear to be involved.  The operation of pirate radio stations can endanger public safety and other 
authorized communications, so the agency needs to take it seriously.  I am glad that we are now doing so 
and welcome the message that this NAL sends.  
Thank you to the Enforcement Bureau and the Commission’s field agents for their hard work in 
this area.