Is it legal to ask a friend who works for a cell phone company to use
their internal system to look up a personal information on a their
customers? Here's the senario, this person owns me over $1000.  He has
left town without a trace, no forward address or anything.  Since I
know the provider of his cell phone, I called my buddy who works in
tech support for that cell provider and offered him $20 to get me the
cell number.  I'm sure my friend could get fired if caught, but is
there any law he was breaking by helping me?

Besides employer reprimands, is there any possible jailtime he could
face if prosecuted?

Most cell phone companies have strict policies about customer privacy.
If the person you are looking for finds out how you got their
information and sues the cell company there is a good chance your
friend would not only be fired, but would be in some legal trouble
with his ex-employer.

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