Sydney-based telco employee accused of selling customer data

An unnamed 30-year-old telco employee is facing charges for allegedly accessing customer data and selling it to “criminal groups”.

The man was arrested and charged by NSW Police, acting on a referral from their Queensland counterparts.

Police allege the sold information was “then used by criminal groups to commit fraud offences against multiple victims.”

The man was arrested at a police station in Sydney’s west and charged with multiple offences.

According to a NSW Police statement, these include "12 counts of deal with identity info to commit indictable offence, 12 counts of unauthorised function with intent to commit a serious offence and 10 counts of agent corruptly receive benefit."