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| {{Infobox company | {{Infobox company | ||
| | name = |
| name = Axact Pvt. Ltd. | ||
| | native_name = | | native_name = | ||
| | logo = |
| logo = Axact logo.png | ||
| | type = | | type = | ||
| | industry = | | industry = | ||
| | founded = | | founded = | ||
| | founder = |
| founder = Shoaib Ahmed Shaikh | ||
| | hq_location_city = Karachi | | hq_location_city = Karachi | ||
| | hq_location_country = ] | | hq_location_country = ] | ||
| | key_people = ], Chairman<br> |
| key_people = ], Chairman<br> Viqas Atiq ,Vice Chairman & COO (Co – Founder) | ||
| | num_employees = | | num_employees = | ||
| | products = | | products = | ||
| | brands = | | brands = | ||
| | services = | | services = | ||
| | website = {{URL| |
| website = {{URL|axact.com}} | ||
| }} | }} | ||
| ''' |
'''Axact''' ({{lang-ur|{{URDU|ایگزیکٹ}}}}) is a Pakistani ] that runs numerous ]. As of May 2015, it was being investigated by Pakistan's ]. The company also owns the media company ]<ref name="nyt">{{cite news |author=] |title=Fake Diplomas, Real Cash: Pakistani Company Axact Reaps Millions |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/18/world/asia/fake-diplomas-real-cash-pakistani-company-axact-reaps-millions-columbiana-barkley.html|newspaper=The New York Times |date=May 17, 2015}}</ref> and sells fake degrees and ] to foreign students.<ref name="thenews.com.pk">{{cite web | url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-185988-Former-Axactian-reveals-he-lured-customers-into-buying-degrees-from-Karachi-office | title=Former Axactian reveals he lured customers into buying degrees from Karachi office | publisher=GEO | date=May 26, 2015 | accessdate=May 26, 2015}}</ref><ref name="tribune">{{cite web | url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/892395/unabated-disclosures-axacts-ex-employee-spills-the-beans/ | title=Unabated disclosures: Axact’s ex-employee spills the beans | publisher=Express Tribune | date=May 26, 2015 | accessdate=May 26, 2015}}</ref> | ||
| == History == | == History == | ||
| Axact was founded by Shoaib Ahmed Shaikh, who serves as its chairman. It is based in Karachi, and has over 2,000 employees.<ref name="nyt"/> According to Shaikh, the company was founded in 1997 with fewer than 10 employees working in a single room. In a 2013 interview with '']'' magazine he further described it as the world’s leading IT company and said that Axact had eight broad-business units and products, more than 5,200 dedicated employees and associates globally and as many as 8.3 million customers worldwide.<ref name=Newsweek>{{cite news|last1=Shah|first1=Benazir|last2=Mohydin|first2=Rimmel|title=Axactly Right|url=http://newsweekpakistan.com/axactly-right/|accessdate=23 May 2015|work=]|date=13 October 2013}}</ref> The company website said in 2015 that the company had 10 diverse business units that offer more than 23 world class products, more than two billion users, and a global presence across 6 continents, 120 countries and 1,300 cities with more than 25,000 employees and associates.<ref name= "qz">{{cite web|url=http://qz.com/406701/the-pakistani-man-accused-of-making-millions-from-fake-degrees-paid-26-cents-in-tax-last-year/|title=The Pakistani man accused of making millions from fake degrees paid 26 cents in tax last year|author=Devjyot Ghoshal|work=Quartz|accessdate=19 May 2015}}</ref> | |||
| According to ] records, the company was registered in June 2006 and had a ] of ] 6 million ({{USD}}58,860) by 2010. Government records show that it paid an income tax of approximately Rs. 18,90,000 ($18,543) for the year 2014, and that Shaikh paid a personal income tax of Rs. 26 ($0.26) for the same year.<ref name= "qz"/> | According to ] records, the company was registered in June 2006 and had a ] of ] 6 million ({{USD}}58,860) by 2010. Government records show that it paid an income tax of approximately Rs. 18,90,000 ($18,543) for the year 2014, and that Shaikh paid a personal income tax of Rs. 26 ($0.26) for the same year.<ref name= "qz"/> | ||
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| === ''New York Times'' investigation=== | === ''New York Times'' investigation=== | ||
| On {{date|2015-05-17}}, '']'' published an investigative story reporting that |
On {{date|2015-05-17}}, '']'' published an investigative story reporting that Axact ran at least 370 ] and ] websites. The report said that although the company did sell software, chiefly website design and smartphone applications, its main business was "to take the centuries-old scam of selling fake academic degrees and turn it into an Internet-era scheme on a global scale." The ''Times'' further reported that the company had around 2,000 employees, some of whom pretended to be American educational officials and worked in shifts to keep the company open 24 hours per day.<ref name="nyt" /> | ||
| ===Company response=== | ===Company response=== | ||
| Axact has denied all the allegations.<ref name="pt">{{cite news|title=Fake degrees? Axact-ly!|url=http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2015/05/19/national/fake-degrees-axact-ly/|accessdate=19 May 2015|work=Pakistan Today|date=19 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Kugelman|first1=Michael|title=The Axact Scandal and Pakistan’s Growing Tech Sector|url=http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/05/18/the-axact-scandal-and-pakistans-growing-tech-sector/|accessdate=19 May 2015|work=]|date=18 May 2015}}</ref> The company accused the ''New York Times'' of "baseless, substandard reporting" as part of a plot by rival news organizations to stop the ], which was scheduled to start operations soon. It also threatened several news organizations and bloggers reporting on the issue with lawsuits.<ref name="NYT 20May2015">{{cite news|last1=Imtiaz|first1=Saba|last2=Walsh|first2=Declan|title=Pakistani Investigators Raid Offices of Axact, Fake Diploma Company|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/20/world/asia/pakistani-investigators-raid-offices-of-axact-fake-diploma-company.html|accessdate=23 May 2015|work=]|date=20 May 2015}}</ref> | |||
| Initially Shaikh denied any association with the fake educational websites besides selling them software. Later he said that while |
Initially Shaikh denied any association with the fake educational websites besides selling them software. Later he said that while Axact did provide office support and call center services to the websites, it did not itself "issue any degree or diploma, whether fake or real."<ref name="NYT 22May2015" /> | ||
| ===Official investigations=== | ===Official investigations=== | ||
| Following the publication of the ''New York Times'' article, Pakistan's Interior Minister ] directed the country's ] to begin inquiry into whether the company was involved in any illegal business.<ref>{{cite news|title=Chaudhry Nisar orders inquiry into NYT report on |
Following the publication of the ''New York Times'' article, Pakistan's Interior Minister ] directed the country's ] to begin inquiry into whether the company was involved in any illegal business.<ref>{{cite news|title=Chaudhry Nisar orders inquiry into NYT report on Axact|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1182928|accessdate=19 May 2015|publisher=Dawn|date=19 May 2015}}</ref> Following the interior minister’s order, cyber crime team of FIA raided Axact’s office in Karachi and Islamabad and seized computers, recorded statements of employees as well taking into custody 25 employees of the company<ref name="tribunes" /> and 28 employes from Rawalpindi office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pakistan/fia-raids-axacts-offices-seals-records-765/|title=FIA raids Axact’s offices, computers confiscated|work=Daily Pakistan Global|accessdate=19 May 2015}}</ref> The FIA team found and seized several blank degrees as well as fake letterhead of the US State Department.<ref>{{cite news|title=LIVE UPDATES: Dozens of Axact employees detained for questioning after FIA raids in Karachi & Islamabad — 2 main servers to be shut down|url=http://arynews.tv/en/axact-scam-aitzaz-demands-inquiry-of-nyt-claims|accessdate=19 May 2015|publisher=ARY News|date=19 May 2015}}</ref> The investigation was transferred from the FIA's cyber crime department to its corporate department.{{cn|date=May 2015}} | ||
| The issue was also taken up in ] where Chairman of the Senate ] constituted a committee to probe into the issue.<ref name=tribunes>{{cite news|title=An Insider Discloses How |
The issue was also taken up in ] where Chairman of the Senate ] constituted a committee to probe into the issue.<ref name=tribunes>{{cite news|title=An Insider Discloses How Axact Seduces Individuals With Certified US Degrees|url=http://www.todaystreams.com/News/an-insider-discloses-how-axact-seduces-individuals-with-certified-us-degrees|accessdate=20 May 2015|publisher=Today Streams|date=20 May 2015}}</ref> Pakistan's tax authorities and the ] also initiated investigations into the company.<ref name="NYT 22May2015">{{cite news|last1=Walsh|first1=Declan|title=Pakistan Widens Inquiry Into Fake Diplomas|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/23/world/asia/pakistan-widens-inquiry-into-fake-diplomas.html|accessdate=23 May 2015|work=]|date=22 May 2015}}</ref> | ||
| == Network of websites== | == Network of websites== | ||
| The ''New York Times'' investigation identified more than 370 websites associated with |
The ''New York Times'' investigation identified more than 370 websites associated with Axact's alleged fake diploma operations, including 145 sites for fictitious universities, 41 for high schools, 18 for fake accreditation boards, and 121 degree portals.<ref name="NYT 20May2015" /> The following is an incomplete list of those websites: | ||
| ===Educational websites=== | ===Educational websites=== | ||
| {{columns-list|colwidth=20em| | {{columns-list|colwidth=20em| | ||
| * Accredited Degrees Pro<ref name="nytlist">{{cite news|title=Tracking |
* Accredited Degrees Pro<ref name="nytlist">{{cite news|title=Tracking Axact’s Websites|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/17/world/asia/tracking-axacts-websites.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date={{date|2015-05-17}}|first=Griff|last=Palmer}}</ref> | ||
| * Accredited Online Degrees Now<ref name="nytlist" /> | * Accredited Online Degrees Now<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Adamsville |
* Adamsville University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Advance Online Degrees<ref name="nytlist" /> | * Advance Online Degrees<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Affordable Accredited Degrees<ref name="nytlist" /> | * Affordable Accredited Degrees<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Affordable Degrees Pro<ref name="nytlist" /> | * Affordable Degrees Pro<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Al Arab |
* Al Arab University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Al Khaleej |
* Al Khaleej University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Al Khalifa American |
* Al Khalifa American University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Alford High |
* Alford High School<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Alpine |
* Alpine University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * American Gulf |
* American Gulf University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * American Mideast |
* American Mideast University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Anchor Point |
* Anchor Point University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Arab Continental |
* Arab Continental University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Arab Women |
* Arab Women University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Ashbery |
* Ashbery University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Ashley |
* Ashley University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Bakerville |
* Bakerville University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Barkley |
* Barkley University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Bay View |
* Bay View University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Baycity |
* Baycity University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Baytown |
* Baytown University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Beacon Falls High |
* Beacon Falls High School<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Belford High |
* Belford High School<ref name="nyt" /> | ||
| * ]<ref name="nyt" /> | * ]<ref name="nyt" /> | ||
| * Belltown |
* Belltown University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Branton |
* Branton University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Brooklyn Park |
* Brooklyn Park University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Brooksville High |
* Brooksville High School<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Brooksville |
* Brooksville University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Buffville High |
* Buffville High School<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Cambell State |
* Cambell State University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Camp Lake |
* Camp Lake University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Chapel |
* Chapel University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Columbiana |
* Columbiana University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Creek View |
* Creek View University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Crestford |
* Crestford University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Fast Online |
* Fast Online University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Federal High |
* Federal High School<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Ford Worth High |
* Ford Worth High School<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Fort Jones |
* Fort Jones University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Foster City High |
* Foster City High School<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Galewood |
* Galewood University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Gibson |
* Gibson University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Glenford |
* Glenford University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Global Institute of English Language Training and Certification<ref name="nytlist" /> | * Global Institute of English Language Training and Certification<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Grant Town |
* Grant Town University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * GreenLake |
* GreenLake University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Grendal |
* Grendal University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Hadly |
* Hadly University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Hansford |
* Hansford University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Harvey |
* Harvey University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Headway |
* Headway University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * High |
* High School Diploma Experience<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * High |
* High School Diploma Fast<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * High |
* High School Diploma Pro<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * High |
* High School Diploma Professionals<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * High |
* High School Diploma Profs<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Hill Online Degrees<ref name="nytlist" /> | * Hill Online Degrees<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Hill |
* Hill University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * James Adam |
* James Adam University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * James Harding |
* James Harding University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Jersey High |
* Jersey High School<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Johnstown |
* Johnstown University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Kennedy |
* Kennedy University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Kings Lake |
* Kings Lake University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Kingsbridge |
* Kingsbridge University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Laurus |
* Laurus University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Lorenz High |
* Lorenz High School<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Luther City High |
* Luther City High School<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Madison Hills |
* Madison Hills University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Mary Grand High |
* Mary Grand High School<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Mayfield |
* Mayfield University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * McCain High |
* McCain High School<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * McFord High |
* McFord High School<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * McFord |
* McFord University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * McGraw Online Degrees<ref name="nytlist" /> | * McGraw Online Degrees<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * McGraw |
* McGraw University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * McHill High |
* McHill High School<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * McKinley |
* McKinley University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Midtown |
* Midtown University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Mount Lincoln |
* Mount Lincoln University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Nelson Bay |
* Nelson Bay University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Nicholson |
* Nicholson University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Nixon |
* Nixon University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Northern Port |
* Northern Port University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Northway |
* Northway University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Olford Walters |
* Olford Walters University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Online |
* Online University Profs<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Online |
* Online University Programs Pro<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Pacific High |
* Pacific High School<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Panworld High |
* Panworld High School<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Panworld |
* Panworld University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Paramount California |
* Paramount California University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Parkfield |
* Parkfield University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Payne Springs |
* Payne Springs University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Pine Hill |
* Pine Hill University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Pittsford |
* Pittsford University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Port Jefferson |
* Port Jefferson University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Queen City |
* Queen City University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Queens Bay |
* Queens Bay University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Ray |
* Ray University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Redding |
* Redding University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Riverwood |
* Riverwood University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * ]<ref name="nytlist" /> | * ]<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Roseville Community College<ref name="nytlist" /> | * Roseville Community College<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * St. Angelo High |
* St. Angelo High School<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Stenford High |
* Stenford High School<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Thompson |
* Thompson University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Universal Online Degrees<ref name="nytlist" /> | * Universal Online Degrees<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Victorville High |
* Victorville High School<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * WalesBridge |
* WalesBridge University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Walford |
* Walford University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * West Coast High |
* West Coast High School<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Western Advanced Central |
* Western Advanced Central University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Western Valley Central |
* Western Valley Central University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Westland |
* Westland University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Wilburton |
* Wilburton University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Wiley |
* Wiley University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Wilford |
* Wilford University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Willington |
* Willington University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * WinFord High |
* WinFord High School<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Windham |
* Windham University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Woodbridge |
* Woodbridge University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Woodfield High |
* Woodfield High School<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Woodfield |
* Woodfield University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Woodrow |
* Woodrow University<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| }} | }} | ||
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| * Accreditation Bureau of Online Education and Training<ref name="nytlist" /> | * Accreditation Bureau of Online Education and Training<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Arab Accreditation Council<ref name="nytlist" /> | * Arab Accreditation Council<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * Association for Accreditation of Business |
* Association for Accreditation of Business Schools and Programs<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * European Accreditation Board for Online Education<ref name="nytlist" /> | * European Accreditation Board for Online Education<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
| * European Accreditation Council for Online Learning<ref name="nytlist" /> | * European Accreditation Council for Online Learning<ref name="nytlist" /> | ||
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| Founded | 1997  |
|---|---|
| Founder | Shoaib Ahmed Shaikh |
| Headquarters | Karachi, Pakistan |
| Key people | Shoaib Ahmed Shaikh, Chairman Viqas Atiq ,Vice Chairman & COO (Co – Founder) |
| Website | axact |
Axact (Template:Lang-ur) is a Pakistani software company that runs numerous websites selling fake academic degrees. As of May 2015, it was being investigated by Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency. The company also owns the media company BOL Network and sells fake degrees and theses to foreign students.
History
Axact was founded by Shoaib Ahmed Shaikh, who serves as its chairman. It is based in Karachi, and has over 2,000 employees. According to Shaikh, the company was founded in 1997 with fewer than 10 employees working in a single room. In a 2013 interview with Newsweek magazine he further described it as the world’s leading IT company and said that Axact had eight broad-business units and products, more than 5,200 dedicated employees and associates globally and as many as 8.3 million customers worldwide. The company website said in 2015 that the company had 10 diverse business units that offer more than 23 world class products, more than two billion users, and a global presence across 6 continents, 120 countries and 1,300 cities with more than 25,000 employees and associates.
According to Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan records, the company was registered in June 2006 and had a paid up capital of Rs. 6 million (US$58,860) by 2010. Government records show that it paid an income tax of approximately Rs. 18,90,000 ($18,543) for the year 2014, and that Shaikh paid a personal income tax of Rs. 26 ($0.26) for the same year.
Fake diplomas scandal
New York Times investigation
On 17 May 2015, The New York Times published an investigative story reporting that Axact ran at least 370 degree and accreditation mill websites. The report said that although the company did sell software, chiefly website design and smartphone applications, its main business was "to take the centuries-old scam of selling fake academic degrees and turn it into an Internet-era scheme on a global scale." The Times further reported that the company had around 2,000 employees, some of whom pretended to be American educational officials and worked in shifts to keep the company open 24 hours per day.
Company response
Axact has denied all the allegations. The company accused the New York Times of "baseless, substandard reporting" as part of a plot by rival news organizations to stop the BOL Network, which was scheduled to start operations soon. It also threatened several news organizations and bloggers reporting on the issue with lawsuits.
Initially Shaikh denied any association with the fake educational websites besides selling them software. Later he said that while Axact did provide office support and call center services to the websites, it did not itself "issue any degree or diploma, whether fake or real."
Official investigations
Following the publication of the New York Times article, Pakistan's Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan directed the country's Federal Investigation Agency to begin inquiry into whether the company was involved in any illegal business. Following the interior minister’s order, cyber crime team of FIA raided Axact’s office in Karachi and Islamabad and seized computers, recorded statements of employees as well taking into custody 25 employees of the company and 28 employes from Rawalpindi office. The FIA team found and seized several blank degrees as well as fake letterhead of the US State Department. The investigation was transferred from the FIA's cyber crime department to its corporate department.
The issue was also taken up in Senate of Pakistan where Chairman of the Senate Raza Rabbani constituted a committee to probe into the issue. Pakistan's tax authorities and the SECP also initiated investigations into the company.
Network of websites
The New York Times investigation identified more than 370 websites associated with Axact's alleged fake diploma operations, including 145 sites for fictitious universities, 41 for high schools, 18 for fake accreditation boards, and 121 degree portals. The following is an incomplete list of those websites:
Educational websites
- Accredited Degrees Pro
- Accredited Online Degrees Now
- Adamsville University
- Advance Online Degrees
- Affordable Accredited Degrees
- Affordable Degrees Pro
- Al Arab University
- Al Khaleej University
- Al Khalifa American University
- Alford High School
- Alpine University
- American Gulf University
- American Mideast University
- Anchor Point University
- Arab Continental University
- Arab Women University
- Ashbery University
- Ashley University
- Bakerville University
- Barkley University
- Bay View University
- Baycity University
- Baytown University
- Beacon Falls High School
- Belford High School
- Belford University
- Belltown University
- Branton University
- Brooklyn Park University
- Brooksville High School
- Brooksville University
- Buffville High School
- Cambell State University
- Camp Lake University
- Chapel University
- Columbiana University
- Creek View University
- Crestford University
- Fast Online University
- Federal High School
- Ford Worth High School
- Fort Jones University
- Foster City High School
- Galewood University
- Gibson University
- Glenford University
- Global Institute of English Language Training and Certification
- Grant Town University
- GreenLake University
- Grendal University
- Hadly University
- Hansford University
- Harvey University
- Headway University
- High School Diploma Experience
- High School Diploma Fast
- High School Diploma Pro
- High School Diploma Professionals
- High School Diploma Profs
- Hill Online Degrees
- Hill University
- James Adam University
- James Harding University
- Jersey High School
- Johnstown University
- Kennedy University
- Kings Lake University
- Kingsbridge University
- Laurus University
- Lorenz High School
- Luther City High School
- Madison Hills University
- Mary Grand High School
- Mayfield University
- McCain High School
- McFord High School
- McFord University
- McGraw Online Degrees
- McGraw University
- McHill High School
- McKinley University
- Midtown University
- Mount Lincoln University
- Nelson Bay University
- Nicholson University
- Nixon University
- Northern Port University
- Northway University
- Olford Walters University
- Online University Profs
- Online University Programs Pro
- Pacific High School
- Panworld High School
- Panworld University
- Paramount California University
- Parkfield University
- Payne Springs University
- Pine Hill University
- Pittsford University
- Port Jefferson University
- Queen City University
- Queens Bay University
- Ray University
- Redding University
- Riverwood University
- Rochville University
- Roseville Community College
- St. Angelo High School
- Stenford High School
- Thompson University
- Universal Online Degrees
- Victorville High School
- WalesBridge University
- Walford University
- West Coast High School
- Western Advanced Central University
- Western Valley Central University
- Westland University
- Wilburton University
- Wiley University
- Wilford University
- Willington University
- WinFord High School
- Windham University
- Woodbridge University
- Woodfield High School
- Woodfield University
- Woodrow University
Accreditation websites
- Accreditation Bureau of Online Education and Training
- Arab Accreditation Council
- Association for Accreditation of Business Schools and Programs
- European Accreditation Board for Online Education
- European Accreditation Council for Online Learning
- Global Accreditation Board for Distance Learning
- Global Doctorate Council
- Gulf Accreditation Council
- Gulf Bureau of Higher Education
- Gulf Engineering Council
- International Accreditation Board for Business Studies
- International Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology Education
- Education International Accreditation Board for Psychology Education
- Education International Accreditation Council for Open Education
- International Accreditation Organization
- International Business Accreditation and Regulatory Commission
- International Medical Science Commission Ghotki.
References
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- "Former Axactian reveals he lured customers into buying degrees from Karachi office". GEO. May 26, 2015. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
- "Unabated disclosures: Axact's ex-employee spills the beans". Express Tribune. May 26, 2015. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
- Shah, Benazir; Mohydin, Rimmel (13 October 2013). "Axactly Right". Newsweek. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ Devjyot Ghoshal. "The Pakistani man accused of making millions from fake degrees paid 26 cents in tax last year". Quartz. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- "Fake degrees? Axact-ly!". Pakistan Today. 19 May 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- Kugelman, Michael (18 May 2015). "The Axact Scandal and Pakistan's Growing Tech Sector". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ^ Imtiaz, Saba; Walsh, Declan (20 May 2015). "Pakistani Investigators Raid Offices of Axact, Fake Diploma Company". New York Times. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
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- ^ "An Insider Discloses How Axact Seduces Individuals With Certified US Degrees". Today Streams. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
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- Axact
- Fraud in Pakistan
- Résumé frauds and controversies
- Scams
- Unaccredited institutions of higher learning in Pakistan
- Unaccredited institutions of higher learning in the United States
- Private universities and colleges in California
- Companies based in Karachi
- Companies of the United States
- Software companies of Pakistan
- 1997 establishments in Pakistan