São Paulo Police Send 1,500 Alerts to Users of Reported Stolen Phones

Overview

• On Oct. 1, the Civil Police issued about 1,500 notifications statewide to people found using devices flagged with criminal restrictions under SP Mobile.
• Those who fail to respond to the summons may face a receptação probe depending on the circumstances of each case.
• Phones are identified by cross‑checking police reports with data from telecommunications operators through the SP Mobile system.
• Authorities urge victims to include the phone’s IMEI in the incident report to enable tracing and restitution.
• Since the program’s expansion in June, more than 8,000 devices have been recovered and about 3,800 returned, alongside searches under court warrants and inspections of shops to disrupt resale networks.