Mumbai’s cyber police have arrested eight people in a major raid on suspicion of unlawfully porting mobile phone numbers without the required Know Your Customer (KYC) documentation. According to a Mumbai police official on Thursday, these numbers were allegedly provided to cybercriminals who used them to create WhatsApp groups in order to carry out online scams.
Mumbai Police say that shop owners and staff from two major telecom service providers are among those arrested. The eight-member syndicate allegedly sold at least 3,000 numbers using these illicit means as part of the fraudulent scam, which comprised tricking people into investing in fictitious share possibilities. It is estimated that the fraud generated illegal gains of several crore rupees.
A victim’s complaint that he was defrauded of Rs 51.33 lakh between May 14 and June 28 of this year set off the probe. The investigation found that a SIM card that had been illegally migrated using a UPC code had been used to connect his number to a bogus WhatsApp group.
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