Ahmedabad: If you do not use simcard or your bank account is inactive, be warned as cyber criminals may have started using your bank account number for illegal activities or digital fraud.
The City Crime branch recently arrested a 22-year-old man named Vijaysinh Jhala from Aniyol Talod Taluka Village from Sabarkantha for allegedly selling Simcard illegally.
During his question, it was revealed that bank accounts, digital wallets, access credentials OTT applications were also sold illegally.
These activities develop in rural areas north of Gujarat – especially Sabarkantha, Aravalli, and Bansihkantha Regency – where gangs steal data from telecommunications companies or banks using dark web and use it for illegal activities, a police officer said.
Jhala was arrested on October 9 after the police knew that he would give some SIM cards to certain people.
When the police arrested him and investigated further, they found that the gang where Jhala worked as a delivery man had around 20,000 SIMs.
“Such gangs work in layers so they can avoid the police.
Kingpin will operate various telegram groups that use it that he offers to sell simcard, bank account or digital wallet.
If someone shows interest, another set of other people will check the credentials and if The person passes through their background checks, they will send someone to send a SIM, “said a police officer.
In the case of digital wallets and bank accounts, end users or customers who buy it illegally will be given a user ID or password by a gang member in such a way that the end user won’t even know their name or identity.
Not only end users or customers, people who work in the second or third layer also will not know who the kingpads, said a police officer.