Online scam: Axact case to proceed at court inside jail
The accused company’s management was remanded in the case on May 27 last year
KARACHI:
Provincial authorities have sent the case of Axact scandal to courts inside jail for trial, it emerged on Wednesday. A notification in this regard has been received to a court of an additional district and sessions judge at Judicial Complex, Central Jail, a court official confirmed. Axact’s chief executive, Shoaib Shaikh, and other officials are accused of committing online fraud and money laundering. They have been alleged of running an international education scam. The accused company’s management was remanded in the case on May 27 last year. However, their trial could not be initiated formally. The additional sessions judge, who will now preside over the case, has issued notice to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) officer investigating the alleged scam to appear before the court on next hearing of the case.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 21st, 2016.
Provincial authorities have sent the case of Axact scandal to courts inside jail for trial, it emerged on Wednesday. A notification in this regard has been received to a court of an additional district and sessions judge at Judicial Complex, Central Jail, a court official confirmed. Axact’s chief executive, Shoaib Shaikh, and other officials are accused of committing online fraud and money laundering. They have been alleged of running an international education scam. The accused company’s management was remanded in the case on May 27 last year. However, their trial could not be initiated formally. The additional sessions judge, who will now preside over the case, has issued notice to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) officer investigating the alleged scam to appear before the court on next hearing of the case.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 21st, 2016.