Pakistan’s biggest data scammers arrested

A gang stealing sensitive data of Pakistani citizens for various crimes, ranging from ATM hacking to online scams got busted in Karachi by the team of a popular television show. 

As per details, the gang is an expert in making rubber thumb expressions based on data of Pakistani citizens. The gang has allegedly also collected data by selling sim cards on roads to citizens.

“The gang has paralysed the entire system after breaching databases of NADRA, Ehsaas Program and even the Benazir Income Support Program”, said the team which busted them.

The rubber made thumb impressions were used for a range of crimes like bank and ATM fraud, obtaining SIM cards, terror financing and other crimes.

The police conducted a raid at a house in Karachi’s Gulshan-e-Maymar and apprehend the suspects. The police recovered data registers, hundreds of phone SIMs and a machine used in making rubber thumbs from their possession.