11 men and one woman, aged between 15 and 20, will be charged in court on 5 and 6 August 2025 for their suspected involvement in providing fraudulently registered postpaid SIM cards for monetary gains.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the 12 persons were purportedly offered cash rewards between $10 and $15 per registered SIM card. Each of these subscribers had allegedly handed over between 17 - 42 SIM cards, registered under their names, to the criminal syndicate. These subscribers were allegedly instructed to sign up and purchase SIM cards in bulk across different retailers before handing them over to their couriers.
Criminal syndicates exploit local SIM cards and eSIMs as a channel of communication for scams, unlicensed moneylending and vice, among other illicit activities.
The offence of knowingly providing a fraudulently registered SIM card to another person to facilitate a crime for any gain under Section 39B(1) read with 39B(2)(a) of the Miscellaneous Offences (Public Order and Nuisance) Act 1906 carries a fine not exceeding $10,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years, or both.
The Police take a serious view of SIM cards being misused as a conduit for crimes and will not hesitate to take action against individuals who misuse their eSIM/SIM card via reselling, allowing others to use their SIM cards, helping other individuals to register or holding multiple SIM cards without a legitimate reason.
For more information on misuse of SIM cards, members of the public can visit Misuse of SIM Card Offences (https://www.police.gov.sg/Advisories/Crime/ Misuse-of-SIM-Card-Offences). Members of the public can also call the Police Hotline at 1800-255-0000 or submit information online at www.police.gov.sg/i-witness if they suspect or know of anyone who could be involved in the fraudulent registration of SIM cards.
SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
04 August 2025 @ 6:25 PM