Degrees of Deception

Published: Jan. 18, 2018, 2:20 p.m.

An investigation into one of the world\u2019s biggest degree mills, a Pakistani company, that has sold over 200,000 bogus qualifications.\nIT company Axact has created hundreds of websites purporting to be online universities offering a range of academic qualifications from degrees to doctorates. However while a degree can cost just a few thousand dollars this BBC investigation has discovered customers are also being blackmailed for buying them and some have paid over more than $500,000.