{"id":443866,"date":"2024-11-16T10:29:03","date_gmt":"2024-11-16T05:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=443866"},"modified":"2024-11-16T10:29:03","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T05:29:03","slug":"pta-continues-crackdown-on-illegal-issuance-of-sims-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/pta-continues-crackdown-on-illegal-issuance-of-sims-2\/","title":{"rendered":"PTA continues crackdown on illegal issuance of SIMs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> ISLAMABAD<br \/>\nPakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Zonal Office Peshawar, in collaboration with the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Cyber Crime Wing Peshawar conducted successful raids on telecom franchisees in Barakahu, Islamabad, and Shinkiari, District Mansehra.<br \/>\nAccording to news release both franchisees were involved in the illegal issuance of SIMs by deceitfully obtaining fingerprints of underprivileged women from various villages in Orakzai Agency. During the Barakahu raid, 6 BVS devices, 8 activated SIMs, 200 suspected SIMs, 2 computers, and digital fingerprints were confiscated.<br \/>\nThe FIA team also recovered several original CNICs and 6 mobile phones. Three individuals were arrested, and an FIR was registered. In the Shinkiari raid, 7 BVS devices, 1 activated SIM, 300 suspected SIMs, and 1 tampered BVS device were confiscated, along with several original CNICs and 3 mobile phones.<br \/>\nOne person was arrested, and an FIR was registered.<br \/>\nPTA had initially filed complaints with FIA regarding these illegal activities based on information about the sales channels. The crackdown is part of PTA\u2019s ongoing effectors to curtail illegal issuance of SIMs and underscores Authority\u2019s dedication for eradicating the menace. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Zonal Office Peshawar, in collaboration with the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Cyber Crime Wing Peshawar conducted successful raids on telecom franchisees in Barakahu, Islamabad, and Shinkiari, District Mansehra. According to news release both franchisees were involved in the illegal issuance of SIMs by deceitfully obtaining fingerprints of underprivileged women from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-443866","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PTA continues crackdown on illegal issuance of SIMs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/pta-continues-crackdown-on-illegal-issuance-of-sims-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PTA continues crackdown on illegal issuance of SIMs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ISLAMABAD Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Zonal Office Peshawar, in collaboration with the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Cyber Crime Wing Peshawar conducted successful raids on telecom franchisees in Barakahu, Islamabad, and Shinkiari, District Mansehra. 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