Axact fake degree scam, FIA in action, records and employees held

by Tauqeer Abbas
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888790-axactt-1432020283-915-640x480The Federal Investigation Agency of Pakistan raided the offices of the software company Axact arresting at around 45 of its employees on Tuesday.

Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar ordered FIA to probe into the special report published by The New York Times alleging the software company was earning tens of millions of dollars by selling fake degrees around the world.

“If the said company is involved in any such illegal work which can tarnish the good image of the country in the world”, a ministry statement said.

Soon after, FIA teams comprising IT experts sealed Axact’s offices in the twin cities and registered a formal inquiry into the Axact scandal, sources privy to the development told Express News.

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