Punjab Police claimed to have arrested two fraudsters for making fake fingerprints of silicon on Monday. Police said they got information about a group getting fingerprints of people by using name of a cellular company.
The criminals used to convert fingerprints on silicon to prepare their fake ones. They used these fake fingerprints for getting registered new sim cards of different companies for their evil designs.
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The arrested suspects include Khalid Mahmood and Muhammad Riaz. The police also recovered 13,000 fake fingerprints, 13,000 illegal sim cards of different companies, four biometric devices, a heat box machine used in converting fingerprints and identity cards of various people.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 6th, 2021.
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