Hyderabad: The Telangana State Cyber Safety Bureau (TGCSB) apprehended three individuals concerned within the unlawful procurement and sale of SIM playing cards and financial institution accounts. The cyber safety bureau seized 113 SIM playing cards and three cellphones from their possession.
Demonstrating an unwavering dedication to combating cybercrime, the TGCSB launched a complete investigation into a posh cybercrime community concerned within the provide chain. In accordance with TGCSB, the organised operation spans a number of Indian States and extends internationally to international locations equivalent to Dubai, Thailand, and Cambodia.
The arrested individuals have been Shaik Subhani (26) of Jagadgirigutta, Okay Naveen (22) of Chintal, Jeedimetla, M Prem Kumar alias Michael, and Mike Tisson (24) of RTC X Highway.
The police stated the accused procured SIM playing cards utilizing the identities of varied people and entities. These SIM playing cards have been then provided to cyber criminals and exported primarily by way of Dubai. The procurement course of concerned quite a few people from completely different States chargeable for gathering, transporting, and exporting the SIM playing cards.
Deputy Superintendent of Police KVM Prasad stated, “Key gamers residing in Dubai coordinated the receipt of SIM playing cards and financial institution accounts from their associates throughout India. Vijay, the primary accused residing in Dubai, collaborated with SIM card suppliers from Uttar Pradesh.”
Later, these SIM playing cards have been couriered to Michael, who despatched them to Naveen and Subhani utilizing Rapido. Naveen and Subhani subsequently handed over the SIM playing cards to Vijay each time he visited India. Vijay works in a Chinese language-run name centre in Dubai, and in flip, he provides the SIM playing cards to the Chinese language administration at the next value.
KVM Prasad stated that if anybody from India approached to buy, SIM playing cards have been provided to the Indian patrons by way of Naveen and Subhani. The SIM playing cards have been bought for round Rs 500 and bought for Rs 1,500 to Rs 3,000, relying on their place inside the provide chain.
The accused arrange a number of Telegram teams, equivalent to ‘Indian SIM Playing cards Sale’ and ‘Indian Financial institution Accounts Sale’ to draw potential patrons. Upon expressing curiosity, patrons have been contacted privately on Telegram to barter the sale.
After finalising offers, the bodily SIM playing cards have been delivered to patrons in trade for money.
The accused residing in Dubai regularly travelled to India to gather SIM playing cards from their sources, transporting them again to Dubai on the market to Chinese language nationals concerned in cybercrimes. A few of these SIM playing cards have been additional distributed to Thailand and Cambodia.
