Tech support employee in Malaysia jailed for leaking Singtel customer details to loan sharks

Police in Singapore received information that a group of data sellers sold information of customer call logs to unlicensed moneylenders, which led to Adnan’s arrest. — Dreamstime/TNS

A technical support employee who sold customer billing information to unauthorised parties has been sentenced to two months and 14 weeks in jail, according to a report by Channel News Asia.

The report stated that Adnan Ahmed Siddiqui, 31, who worked at a call centre in Selangor, was tasked with providing technical support to Singtel customers, a telco based in Singapore.