SIM card scam aiding cybercrimes: CBI nabs telecom firm’s area sales manager

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested an area sales manager of NCR/Chandigarh region of a private telecom company from Delhi for his alleged role in the illegal bulk issuance of SIM cards that were used to facilitate organised cybercrimes, including phishing scams, officials said in a press release on Thursday.

The arrest was made under the investigating agency’s ongoing Operation Chakra-V aimed at dismantling the technical and logistical backbone of organised cybercrime.