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\nThe fraud came to light after Monday’s arrest of Sanju Bordoloi, an organizing secretary of National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB). Investigators found the SIM card used by Sanju was not in his name and was activated much before he reached the city.
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\nCity police commissioner MN Reddi said that a case has been booked against retailers, distributors and the company (Vodafone) for forgery, fraudulently using documents as genuine, cheating and criminal conspiracy, among other charges.
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\nAbhishek Goyal, deputy commissioner of police, central crime branch, said when police tried to track the Bodo operative using details provided in his SIM card, they were led to a different person. After the eventual arrest of Sanju, police probed the SIM card used by him further and found it was activated hours before he had even reached to the city.
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\n“Our suspect came to the city on January 25 around 1pm, but the SIM card he was using was activated around 9am without him being present. On landing in the city, he just walked into a retail Vodafone outlet in Electronic City and picked up the card, without producing any documents,” he said.
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\nThe procedure to get a SIM card involves the retailer verifying the genuine documents submitted by the applicant and forwarding them to the distributor, and then to the service provider. On receiving the application, the information is verified via phone by the service provider before activating the SIM card within the next 24-48 hours.
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\n“But in this case, the service provider’s marketing team, aiming to capture the market share, got the distributor and retailers involved and made extra copies of the documents and photographs submitted by genuine customers. These were then used to activate SIM cards in anticipation of retail sale without the knowledge of the genuine customer,” said Goyal.
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\n“The distributors and marketing executives fill up blank forms, themselves call Vodafone for telephone verification using demo phones provided by the company and activate the SIM cards. In some cases, over 1,000 SIM cards have been activated using one mobile phone. These cards are then given to retailers over the counter. Clearly, the short cut is being adopted by dealers to attract more customers with active knowledge of Vodafone,” he explained.
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\nHe added that the trend posed a threat, as such preactivated SIM cards if used by terrorist organizations would prove difficult to track. This case will be pursued further and other service providers too will be investigated, he added.
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\nVodafone speaks:
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\n“In this case of fraudulent SIM activation, a criminal matter is being investigated by the police. We are extending all cooperation to the investigating authorities. All our partners, distributors, and vendors too are mandated to respect and follow the law and established code of conduct as per company policy. We treat all criminal violations with utmost seriousness and strict action will be taken against, in case noncompliance is established,” said a Vodafone spokesperson.
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班加罗尔:警方已订了沃达丰印度和7名员工的公司的产品的分销商和零售商预先激活SIM卡欺诈案件。在这里,客户的文件复制激活新的连接。
欺诈曝光Bordoloi桑珠抱周一被捕后,全国民主阵线的组织部长再次(NDFB)。调查人员发现使用的SIM卡不在他的名字和桑珠抱被激活之前他到达的城市。
城市警察局长MN Reddi说一个案例对零售商已经被订满,经销商和公司(Vodafone)伪造、冒用文档真品,欺骗和阴谋罪等罪名。
阿布Goyal,警察副局长,中央犯罪分支,说当警察试图跟踪博多的使用提供的细节在他的SIM卡,导致一个不同的人。桑珠抱的最终被捕后,警方进一步探测了他使用的SIM卡,发现它是激活几小时前他甚至走到城市。
“我们怀疑来到这座城市1月25日下午1点左右,但他使用的SIM卡被激活在9点没有他的存在。降落在这个城市,他就走进了一个电子零售沃达丰出口城市,拿起卡片,没有产生任何文件,”他说。
程序得到一个SIM卡涉及到零售商真正验证申请人提交的文件,转发他们的经销商,然后到服务提供者。在接收应用程序,通过电话验证的信息服务提供者之前激活SIM卡的24 - 48小时内。
”,但在这种情况下,服务提供者的营销团队,旨在获取市场份额,得到了经销商和零售商,额外的副本提交的文件和照片真正的客户。这些被用来激活SIM卡的零售销售没有的知识真正的客户,“Goyal说。
“经销商和营销高管填补空白表格,自己叫沃达丰电话验证使用公司提供的演示手机和SIM卡激活。在某些情况下,超过1000人使用一个手机SIM卡已激活。这些卡片然后给零售商。显然,捷径是通过经销商与活跃的沃达丰知识吸引更多的顾客,”他解释道。
他补充说,这种趋势构成了威胁,因此preactivated SIM卡,如果被恐怖组织将难以追踪。这种情况下将进一步追求和其他服务提供商也会追究,他补充说。
沃达丰(Vodafone)说:
欺诈SIM激活”在这种情况下,刑事案件警方正在调查。我们扩大合作,调查当局。我们所有的合作伙伴,经销商和供应商也要求尊重和遵守法律,建立了按公司政策的行为准则。我们对所有刑事违法行为极其严肃和严格的将采取行动反对,如果不服从,”沃达丰(Vodafone)的一位发言人说。
欺诈曝光Bordoloi桑珠抱周一被捕后,全国民主阵线的组织部长再次(NDFB)。调查人员发现使用的SIM卡不在他的名字和桑珠抱被激活之前他到达的城市。
城市警察局长MN Reddi说一个案例对零售商已经被订满,经销商和公司(Vodafone)伪造、冒用文档真品,欺骗和阴谋罪等罪名。
阿布Goyal,警察副局长,中央犯罪分支,说当警察试图跟踪博多的使用提供的细节在他的SIM卡,导致一个不同的人。桑珠抱的最终被捕后,警方进一步探测了他使用的SIM卡,发现它是激活几小时前他甚至走到城市。
“我们怀疑来到这座城市1月25日下午1点左右,但他使用的SIM卡被激活在9点没有他的存在。降落在这个城市,他就走进了一个电子零售沃达丰出口城市,拿起卡片,没有产生任何文件,”他说。
程序得到一个SIM卡涉及到零售商真正验证申请人提交的文件,转发他们的经销商,然后到服务提供者。在接收应用程序,通过电话验证的信息服务提供者之前激活SIM卡的24 - 48小时内。
”,但在这种情况下,服务提供者的营销团队,旨在获取市场份额,得到了经销商和零售商,额外的副本提交的文件和照片真正的客户。这些被用来激活SIM卡的零售销售没有的知识真正的客户,“Goyal说。
“经销商和营销高管填补空白表格,自己叫沃达丰电话验证使用公司提供的演示手机和SIM卡激活。在某些情况下,超过1000人使用一个手机SIM卡已激活。这些卡片然后给零售商。显然,捷径是通过经销商与活跃的沃达丰知识吸引更多的顾客,”他解释道。
他补充说,这种趋势构成了威胁,因此preactivated SIM卡,如果被恐怖组织将难以追踪。这种情况下将进一步追求和其他服务提供商也会追究,他补充说。
沃达丰(Vodafone)说:
欺诈SIM激活”在这种情况下,刑事案件警方正在调查。我们扩大合作,调查当局。我们所有的合作伙伴,经销商和供应商也要求尊重和遵守法律,建立了按公司政策的行为准则。我们对所有刑事违法行为极其严肃和严格的将采取行动反对,如果不服从,”沃达丰(Vodafone)的一位发言人说。
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