Altering them is mail fraud. Take the case of one eBay seller who rigged the meters to display 0.01 cents. He did this about 9,000 times. He pleaded guilty in a California district court. The maximum penalty: 5 years incarceration; $250,000 fine.
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BOI reporting cont'd. But this isn’t the end of the story. The government filed a notice of appeal with the appellate court, and FinCEN says “deadline stay—voluntary submission only” (https://bit.ly/3ZpKxwU Note: There are cases challenging CTA that are still pending.