MUMBAI: The cyber crime investigation cell has arrested two youths for allegedly selling "unauthorised activated' ' Airtel SIM cards to customers and causing a loss of Rs 30 lakh to the mobile service provider. Investigators suspect the involvement of Airtel employees .
The arrested have been identified as Imtiyaz Abdullah Samnani (20) from Mumbra and Bandra resident Ibrahim Hakimuddin Shaikh (25). Both of them work with an agency as sales executives, selling Airtel SIM cards.
According to crime branch chief Rakesh Maria, they received a complaint from the legal cell of mobile service provider. "The complaint stated that the company had suffered a loss of around Rs 30 lakh after the deactivated SIM cards were activated illegally and sold for unlimited talktime ,'' said Maria.
Explaining the modus operandi, Maria said, "Once they gave up a connection, the customers deposited their SIM cards with Airtel. The cards were supposed to be deactiviated and destroyed by the company . Instead, some employees of Airtel, along with the accused , re-activated the cards and sold them in the open market with unlimited talk time.'' Most of the cards were used for making international calls and these SIM cards have been used since last December, said Maria.
"We are probing the role of some Airtel employees who may have been involved in this. The scam is not possible without the help of some insiders , who know the entire system of activating and deactivating SIM cards,'' said the crime branch chief.
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