16,000 SIM Cards found from 7 People in Odisha
By MYBRANDBOOK
The Odisha Police busted a gang selling pre-activated SIM cards to cyber criminals outside the state with help from employees of private telecom operators and recovered 16,000 pre-activated SIM cards and more than 150 mobile phones from the seven accused.
Saumendra Priyadarshi, Police Commissioner, Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Commissionerate, said, “The racket was operating by arranging pre-activated SIM cards which they used to send gangs sitting outside, mostly Rajasthan, for various cyber-crimes. While investigating a case in Bhubaneswar, we learnt that such a racket is operating out of Bhadrak town. As distributors are under pressure to sell more SIM cards, the gang exploited this situation to their advantage. The gang subsequently activated multiple SIM cards by using the same credentials.”
Pre-activated SIM cards are preferred by criminals as they are obtained on forged identity documents and thus can’t be traced back to the persons using them. Priyadarshi said the accused used to activate SIM cards by submitting false identity credentials.
The arrests have brought the loopholes in the SIM verification system into sharp focus and the potential it has for misuse by unsavoury elements, posing various risks to individuals and also national security.
Odisha Police recently warned that cyber criminals were likely to defraud citizens through phone calls, e-mails and social media platforms and steal personal details on the pretext of registration for Covid vaccination, supply of oxygen and medicines, telemedicine service and charity.
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