The arrests come after ICA revealed on January 11 that spies were stealing or having SingPass records to evade detection by altering patients ‘ names inadvertently.
After receiving information from members of the public who encountered illegal changes to their personal names, ICA’s studies began in September of last year.
By December of last year, it was discovered that the perpetrators had used stolen or hacked Singpass accounts to change the victims ‘ residential addresses using the” Others” option, which allows the change of address by proxy.
The police said they went to the addresses of the people who were affected after learning of the string of illegal attempts to change registered personal addresses.
The police noted that “four out of 32 true addresses with PIN mailers were discovered to have unprotected or damaged letterboxes, which would have made it possible for the perpetrators to obtain the PIN mailers,” and that victims were advised to secure their mailboxes as a result.
The authorities said on Friday that they would make no effort to locate any more suspects even though studies are still ongoing.
The Computer Misuse Act offenses can result in prison terms of up to three years, fines of up to S$ 10,000, or both.