New Delhi, Sep 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a crackdown against cyber fraudsters, the CBI conducted searches at 10 locations in Vaishali district of Bihar and Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha before arresting a telecom company’s distributor in connection with an illegal SIM Box operation linked to digital arrests and financial frauds, an official said on Saturday.
Based on searches at 10 locations, incriminating material was found in various digital devices like mobile phones, laptops, and SIM cards seized from these locations, the CBI official said in a statement.
The area distributor of a telecom company for Mahua, Vaishali, has been arrested for his role in issuing a large number of SIM cards fraudulently and passing them on for use in illegal SIM Box operations, the CBI said.
The CBI is investigating a case of an illegal SIM Box operation that was detected in Supaul district of Bihar last year. The case, initially probed by the state police, was later transferred to the federal agency.
More than 1,300 SIM cards were found in the house where the SIM Box was being operated. The CBI also collated data which indicated that this SIM Box operation was connected to at least 73 cases of cybercrime across India, including cases of ‘Digital Arrest’ modus operandi, said the statement.
Data related to over 1,300 SIM cards was extensively analysed, and some suspected Points of Sale were identified. It was found that a bulk of the SIM cards were issued from Bihar and Odisha, the CBI said.
More than 700 of these SIM cards were found to have been issued by an area distributor of a telecom company by misusing the credentials of more than a dozen Points of Sale for SIM cards in Vaishali district of Bihar, the CBI said.
Many of the subscribers have also stated that they do not have any idea that a SIM card was issued in their name, which was done either by deceiving them to authorise themselves multiple times for e-KYC when they went for a genuine purpose to a SIM card provider or by misusing their biometric data collected for some other purpose, the CBI said.
The CBI is investigating this case after it was transferred by the Government of Bihar for the offences of cheating, forgery, extortion under BNS, offences of identity theft, computer-related offences under the Information Technology Act and other offences under the Telecommunication Act 2022.
Source: IANS
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