{"id":20269,"date":"2024-10-23T10:50:16","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T10:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=20269"},"modified":"2024-10-23T10:50:16","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T10:50:16","slug":"pta-intensifies-crackdown-on-illegal-issuance-of-sims-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=20269","title":{"rendered":"PTA Intensifies Crackdown on Illegal Issuance of SIMs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/65ee1fdee9a71.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/65ee1fdee9a71.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/65ee1fdee9a71-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/65ee1fdee9a71-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Islamabad : The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Zonal Office in Lahore, in collaboration with the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Cyber Crime Circle, Lahore, has successfully conducted a series of raids targeting the illegal issuance of SIMs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Four consecutive successful raids were carried out at various locations in Lahore, including two Zong Franchises on Ferozepur Road and Johar Town. During the raids, 7 suspected BVS devices, 3 mobile phones, 50 suspicious SIMs, and 1 laptop were recovered and confiscated by FIA CCRC team as evidence.<br>The FIA arrested a key member of the group who had obtained the fingerprint scans. Four other individuals, including Franchises\u2019 Managers, a Zong Business Development Officer (BDO) and a DSO, were also arrested. Two FIRs were registered by the agency and the FIA Cybercrime Wing is investigating the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The crackdown is part of PTA&#8217;s ongoing efforts to curtail illegal issuance of SIMs and underscores Authority&#8217;s dedication for eradicating the menace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad : The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Zonal Office in Lahore, in collaboration with the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Cyber Crime Circle, Lahore, has successfully conducted a series of raids&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":20270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[336],"class_list":["post-20269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-pakistan-telecommunication-authoritypta"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20269"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20271,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20269\/revisions\/20271"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}