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The Police will be charging a 26-year-old Malaysian man in court on 10 June 2026 for his suspected involvement in fraudulently registering SIM cards that facilitated criminal activities.

On 8 June 2026, officers from the Anti-Scam Command carried out an enforcement operation against an errant retailer engaged in the registration of postpaid SIM cards that were subsequently used by overseas syndicates in scams. 

Preliminary investigations revealed that the man had used the information of actual customers to register for additional postpaid SIM cards. He then supplied the SIM cards registered using another person’s information to other persons. The mobile lines were subsequently featured in impersonation scams.

The man will be charged in court on 10 June 2026 with the offence of facilitation of fraudulent registration of SIM card that facilitates criminal activity under Section 39G of the Miscellaneous Offences (Public Order and Nuisance) Act 1906. 

The offence of facilitation of fraudulent registration of SIM card that facilitates criminal activity under Section 39G of the Miscellaneous Offences (Public Order and Nuisance) Act 1906 carries a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both. If convicted, the offender shall also be liable to caning of not more than 12 strokes. 

The Police take a serious view of SIM cards being misused as a conduit for crimes and will not hesitate to take action against retailers who fraudulently register additional SIM cards without authorisation, allowing others to use their SIM cards, helping other individuals to register or holding multiple SIM cards without a legitimate reason. Criminal syndicates have been exploiting local SIM cards as a channel of communication for scams, unlicensed moneylending and vice, among other illicit activities. Anyone found to be linked to such crimes will be held accountable.

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