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== List of websites run by Axact == == List of websites run by Axact ==

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Axact Pvt. Ltd.
Founded1997 Edit this on Wikidata
HeadquartersKarachi, Pakistan
Key peopleShoaib Ahmed Shaikh, Chairman
Websiteaxact.com

Axact is a Pakistani software company, diploma mill, and accreditation mill, in addition to being in the process of starting the BOL Network.

On 17 May 2015, The New York Times published an investigative story by NYT Pakistan bureau chief Declan Walsh about Axact, accusing Axact of running numerous degree and accreditation mill websites, based among other things on interviews with former Axact employees. The report says that "Axact’s main business has been to take the centuries-old scam of selling fake academic degrees and turn it into an Internet-era scheme on a global scale".

Dawn qouted an anonymous source from Federal Investigation Agency, "the FIA was aware of the issue but had not launched an investigation because it had not received a formal complaint."

List of websites run by Axact

This list is not complete.

List of accreditation websites run by Axact

This list is not complete.

References

  1. ^ Declan Walsh (May 17, 2015). "Fake Diplomas, Real Cash: Pakistani Company Axact Reaps Millions". The New York Times.
  2. ^ Palmer, Griff (17 May 2015). "Tracking Axact's Websites". The New York Times.


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