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7 men & 1 woman, aged 22 to 56, arrested over shell companies & fraudulent SIM card registrations
They were purportedly offered cash rewards between S$500 and S$1700 for registering between 90 to 480 corporate SIM cards.
September 27, 2025, 03:15 PM
Eight people have been arrested for their suspected involvement in registering shell companies and fraudulently registering corporate SIM cards.
Officers from the Anti-Scam Command conducted an island-wide enforcement operation between Sep. 18 and 26 against errant shell companies registering postpaid corporate SIM cards used for criminal activities.
A total of seven men and one woman, aged between 22 and 56, were arrested, the Singapore Police Force said in a press release.
Offered cash rewards
Preliminary investigations revealed that the offenders were purportedly offered cash rewards between S$500 and S$1,700 for registering between 90 and 480 corporate SIM cards.
They were then allegedly instructed to set up shell companies for the purpose of bulk purchasing of SIM cards registered under their names before handing them over to the criminal syndicates.
"Criminal syndicates exploit local SIM cards and eSIMs as a channel of communication for scams, unlicensed moneylending and vice, among other illicit activities," the police said.
Investigations against these persons are ongoing.
The offence of knowingly providing a fraudulently registered SIM card to another person to facilitate a crime for any gain carries a fine not exceeding S$10,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years, or both.
The offence for failing to exercise due diligence in the discharge of duties as a director carries a fine of up to S$5,000 or imprisonment of up to 12 months.
Advisory
The police said they take a serious view of SIM cards being misused as a conduit for crimes and will not hesitate to take action against individuals who do so.
For more information on misuse of SIM cards, members of the public can visit the advisory on misuse of SIM card offences.
Members of the public can also call the police hotline at 1800-255-0000 or submit information online if they suspect or know of anyone who could be involved in the fraudulent registration of SIM cards.
All information will be kept strictly confidential, police said.
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