Man Possessing 100,000 Unregistered SIM Cards Arrested In India

>>Logically speaking, someone who just wants a SIM for his personal use, he won’t be bothered about providing his authentic documents to the network, however when someone has dirty business to do, providing authentic documents is definitely on his not-to-do list.

Yet another claim of "You don't need privacy if you have nothing to hide." Does anyone know if the US requires all SIM cards to be "registered"?

While it's easy to quickly speculate that the only purpose of 100,000 "unregistered" SIM cards is to "do bad things", I have to wonder: Why does a SIM card need to be registered to begin with?

Never bought a SIM in India, but if it's anything like, say, Argentina where it takes 30 minutes and several pages of paperwork just to get a SIM... I'd opt to go with the guy that doesn't require all that paperwork too, just to avoid the hassle. Can't jump to the conclusion that all the renters are intent on "doing bad things".

In Portugal you don't have to register or show any documentation to buy a SIM card, and I know it's the same thing at least in The Netherlands. You can buy a prepaid card at any phone store and you can use it right away.

criminal possession of more than an ounce of Schedule 2 dr.... err... integrated circuits.

Interesting that they emphasize the "possession", not that his business itself is, very likely, unlicensed wrt. some law.

Point is even if your a criminal why do you need 100k sims? The only business which involves so many sims is VoIP

What the hell was he doing with 100k SIM cards?

That's a lot of gmail accounts.

u can expect from india