Tag: simbox
Digicel Wins $10mn Damages from UPM in Simbox Fraud Trial
The jury decided that the US telco had committed conventional simbox fraud and abused a roaming tariff only offered to Haitians.
Difficulty of Assessing Fraud Losses May Stop Digicel from Obtaining Justice in UPM Simbox Trial
UPM argue Charles Castel, a former Governor of Haiti's central bank, should not be allowed as an expert witness for Digicel.
Russian Army Using Simboxes on Ukrainian Networks
Russian soldiers are stealing civilian mobile phones whilst one simboxer was caught with Chinese simboxes that ran thousands of Russian military calls through Ukrainian telcos.
7-Year Simbox Legal Battle between Digicel and UPM Will Go to Jury Trial
US telco UPM used various tactics to resist Digicel's legal action, which relies on a US law created to fight organized crime.
New LATRO CEO Says Enhanced Analytics Is Key to the Future of RAFM
Don Reinhart is marrying signals intelligence to data analysis in anticipation of huge growth in the number of networked devices.
Stop Simbox Fraud in Your Network with AB Handshake
The A-to-B validation of the origin and destination of all traffic makes every call the equivalent of a test call.
Why the UK’s Supreme Court May Have to Decide If Simboxes Are Legal
The UK could have just passed a law to ban GSM gateways, like other countries do. Layers of bureaucracy made a mess instead.
Ghana’s Government Promises to Scrap Minimum Termination Rate
Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia said the current GHC0.19 per minute rate is a 'nuisance tax' that causes simbox fraud.
A Simbox Fraudster’s Tale
A fictional account of the last day of a fraudster's career, as written by somebody who catches them.
International Bypass Fraud Nearing Extinction
The inevitable decline of some revenue streams will kill certain types of fraud, but do not expect the fraudsters to take early retirement.
New Report Says Araxxe, LATRO and SIGOS Are Best Suppliers of Simbox Detection
Rocco Research repeated the evaluation exercise they also conducted in 2015, 2017 and 2018.
Indian Simboxers Arrested by Anti-Terror Police
The fraudsters provided cheap calls to Indian expats working in the Middle East. Their gang was led by Nazim Khan, a high school drop out who was also arrested for bypass fraud in 2017.
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