Times of Islamabad

FIA busts a big cyber crime gang arresting 10 people using Saudi Arabian SIM cards

FIA busts a big cyber crime gang arresting 10 people using Saudi Arabian SIM cards

*Islamabad: A 10-member gang of fraudsters, posing as bank employees, hasbeen arrested by Cyber Crime Circle (CCC) Islamabad. *

According to details, the fraudsters used to pose as bank employees to getbank account data from people to hack their accounts and steal money. Thegang used Pakistani and Saudi Arabian sim networks to trick the users, theCyber Crime wing said.

The scammers used to pose as bank Arab employees and ask people for theirbank accounts data. The fraudsters scammed the complainant of Rs3 millionwhile looted million from other people too, they CCC said.

The CCC has recovered 5 phones and 25 international sims from the arrestedscammers. A case has been filed against the scammers under the PEKA act of2021 while further investigations are underway. the CCC told.