6 More Nabbed Over Alleged Unlawful Use of ICA E-Service

Another six people have been arrested over their alleged links to cases in which the home addresses of people were changed online through the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority's (ICA) e-service without their knowledge.

- Ian Cheng

In a statement on Jan 17, the police said the arrests bring the total number nabbed for their suspected involvement in the crime to 13, after seven people were arrested between Jan 11 and 13.

The six – five men and one woman, aged between 18 and 39 – were traced and arrested after islandwide police operations.

Collectively, the 13 suspects are believed to be responsible for at least 66 of the cases of attempted unauthorised changes to residential addresses, said the police.

Of the suspects, 12 are being investigated for alleged offences under the Computer Misuse Act.