ISLAMABAD: 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 Rawalpindi, Hasan Abdal, and Wah respectively.
The sale channels were found to be involved in the illegal issuance of SIMs, according to a media release.
During the raid, 3550 pre-active SIMs, three BVS devices, 748 silicon thumbs, eleven thousand digital fingerprints, and a printer were seized.
Three individuals were arrested on the premises by the FIA team, and FIRs have been lodged against them. Currently, the FIA is conducting a thorough probe into the matter.
PTA Files Complaint
Prior to these raids, PTA had lodged a complaint with the FIA based on information related to the illegal issuance of SIMs by these sales channels.
The raids are part of PTA’s ongoing operations to prevent the circumvention of the Multi-Finger Biometric Verification System (MBVS).
