Buying pre-registered SIM cards against the law, DICT warns

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The Department of Information and Communications Technology has warned against buying pre-registered SIM cards being offered online.

According to Mariz Umali's report on "24 Oras", at 100 pre-registered SIM cards were seized from a Chinese and a Filipino.

"You will be liable for falsification dahil nagpanggap kayo ng isang tao na hindi naman kayo yun so that carries concomitant criminal penalty under the Revised Penal Code," DICT Secretary Ivan John Uy said.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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