CBI cracks down on PoS generating 'Ghost SIM cards' for cyber criminals

'OPERATION CHAKRA V' AGAINST DIGITAL ARREST SCAMS

- MPOST BUREAU

NEW DELHI: In a major crackdown on digital arrest scams, the CBI has booked 39 point-of-sales (PoS) operators who sold 1,100 "ghost SIM cards" to cyber criminals operating from Southeast Asian countries to trap gullible individuals here, officials said Saturday.

The PoS operators came under the scrutiny of the country's anti-cybercrime unit under the Home Ministry 14C — which was keeping an eye on SIM cards belonging to Indian telecom operators active in Southeast Asian countries from where cyber criminals were allegedly operating.