FIA writes letter to Interpol for Axact’s UK, US bank accounts

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Tuesday wrote a letter to Interpol to investigate Axact’s bank account in UK and six in US in connection with the ongoing probe into fake degree scam.

Sources told Geo News the authorities in US have told Pakistan’s interior ministry that FBI would assist the FIA team in the probe.

They said the FIA has found out about Axact’s foreign bank accounts during the forensic tests being carried out of the computer and equipments confiscated during several raids at the IT company’s offices in Karachi and Rawalpindi last week.

The Interpol has also been requested to investigate about internet domains being used by Axact’s website.

The FIA has also written a letter to British authorities to verify a university, whose whereabouts were found out through Axact’s records.

The Axact scandal came to light when the New York Times published an investigative report claiming that the Pakistani IT company had made millions of dollars selling fake degrees online.

Following the NYT story, Pakistan authorities were quick to act as Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan ordered the FIA to launch a probe into the fake degree scandal.