SEN. Panfilo Lacson has raised the need to stop online scams and so-called “Tapon-SIM” crimes where criminals use prepaid SIM cards that can be disposed of to throw law enforcers off their trail.
“Due to this, unscrupulous individuals almost always take advantage of the same in the pursuit of their criminal activities to the detriment not only of a particular interest but that of the whole nation,” he said. Under the bill, persons who want to use prepaid SIM cards should fill up a registration form providing their name and the phone number of the prepaid SIM card.