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New Delhi: The Department of Telecommunications has directed telecom operators to verify over 6 lakh mobile connections that are suspected to have been obtained using illegal, non-existent or forged documents, an official statement said on Thursday.
The Department of Telecommunications has issued directions to telecom operators to immediately re-verify the identified mobile numbers within 60 days. The Department of Telecommunications has identified about 6.80 lakh mobile connections that are suspected to be illegal, non-existent or fake and have verified the use of Proof of Identity (PoI) and Proof of Address (PoA) KYC documents, the statement said.
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The Department has flagged around 6.80 lakh mobile connections as potentially fraudulent after advanced AI-powered analysis. The doubtful authenticity of the POI/POA KYC documents suggests the use of fabricated documents to obtain these mobile connections. DoT has issued directions to TSPs to immediately re-verify these identified mobile numbers.
Re-verification is mandatory for all TSPs. Verify the marked connections within 60 days. Failure to complete re-verification will result in disconnection of the respective mobile number. In April, DoT had marked 10,834 suspicious mobile numbers for re-verification. Of these, 8,272 mobile connections were disconnected after failing to re-verify.