ISLAMABAD, Feb 29 (APP):Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Zonal Office Rawalpindi, in collaboration with the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Cyber Crime Wing, successfully conducted three raids targeting franchisees of a mobile phone company and an
illegal SIM registration vendor in Hasan Abdal, Wah, and Rawalpindi, respectively.
The sale channels were found to be involved in
illegal issuance of SIMs, said a news release.
During the raid, 3550 pre-active SIMs, 3 BVS devices, 748 silicon thumbs, 11 thousand digital fingerprints, and a printer w
ere confiscated.
Three individuals were apprehended on the premises by the FIA team, and FIRs have been filed against them. Currently, the FIA is conducting a thorough investigation into the matter.
Prior to these raids, PTA had filed a complaint with the FIA based on information related to the
illegal issuance of SIMs by these s
ales channels.
The raids are part of PTA’s ongoing efforts to prevent the circumvention of the Multi-Finger Biometric Verification System (MBVS).
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