US charges Pakistani executive in $140m fake diploma scheme
[DAWN] The executive of a Pak company was charged in a US federal court on Wednesday for his part in an alleged $140 million 'fake-diploma mill' scheme, the latest step in a global crackdown touched off by arrests in Pakistain last year.
Umair Hamid, 30, was charged in a criminal complaint filed in federal court in Manhattan with wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with a scam that impacted tens of thousands of consumers.
Hamid, an executive at software firm Axact,
Posted by: Fred 2016-12-23 |