 brokers of Airtel and Jio and activating a number of SIM playing cards within the names of individuals of Keonjhar district. Later, they offered these faux sim playing cards to cyber fraudsters throughout the nation. “We obtained a requisition from Maharashtra Police concerning the involvement of a SIM card from Ghasipura in a cyber crime case there. Based mostly on the data, a case was registered on the Cyber Crime and Financial Offences police station following additional investigation within the case. Throughout investigation, we discovered that they've offered round 4000 SIM playing cards to cyber criminals in Rajasthan, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Bihar. They used to cost Rs 500 to Rs 1000 per SIM Card, ” mentioned Kusalkar Nitin Dagudu, SP Keonjhar district. He additional mentioned that police have to this point discovered data of greater than 300 FIRs registered in several areas throughout the nation the place the cyber criminals duped a number of gullible victims of their hard-earned cash utilizing the SIM playing cards provided by the arrested accused from Ghasipura. “In a single such FIR, a sufferer in Maharashtra was duped by callers claiming to be from a reputed financial institution promising interest-free mortgage. In one other case, a sufferer from Telangana was duped by callers claiming to be from an electrical bike firm providing e-bike at a reduction, ” mentioned police sources.){kind=link}
BHUBANESWAR: With the arrest of 4 individuals, the Keonjhar district police of Odisha claimed to have busted a faux sim card racket.
All of the accused individuals arrested on Wednesday belonged to completely different locations in Ghasipura and Ramchandrapur areas of the Keonjhar district.
The police seized 538 SIM playing cards, 18 cellphones, 5 biometric scanners, financial institution passbooks, ATM playing cards, id playing cards and different incriminating supplies from their possession.
The Keonjhar Police ascertained throughout a probe that the miscreants have been posing as POS (Level of Sale) brokers of Airtel and Jio and activating a number of SIM playing cards within the names of individuals of Keonjhar district. Later, they offered these faux sim playing cards to cyber fraudsters throughout the nation.
“We obtained a requisition from Maharashtra Police concerning the involvement of a SIM card from Ghasipura in a cyber crime case there. Based mostly on the data, a case was registered on the Cyber Crime and Financial Offences police station following additional investigation within the case. Throughout investigation, we discovered that they’ve offered round 4000 SIM playing cards to cyber criminals in Rajasthan, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Bihar. They used to cost Rs 500 to Rs 1000 per SIM Card, ” mentioned Kusalkar Nitin Dagudu, SP Keonjhar district.
He additional mentioned that police have to this point discovered data of greater than 300 FIRs registered in several areas throughout the nation the place the cyber criminals duped a number of gullible victims of their hard-earned cash utilizing the SIM playing cards provided by the arrested accused from Ghasipura.
“In a single such FIR, a sufferer in Maharashtra was duped by callers claiming to be from a reputed financial institution promising interest-free mortgage. In one other case, a sufferer from Telangana was duped by callers claiming to be from an electrical bike firm providing e-bike at a reduction, ” mentioned police sources.