Jack Recider

That is such a ridiculous move. And it worked so effectively. Why doesn't everyone do that? I mean, if I ever get sued, I'm just going to grab someone and be like, hey, can you say you're Jack and just like take the blame? It's just so comical that this simple, stupid trick worked. Like, why didn't the court see through this and be like, no, no, no, no, hold on a second.

Oh, this is just, I can't get over this. Okay. Serious face. So at this point of the story, a new protagonist shows up. His name is Declan Walsh. Now, I reached out to Declan, like, at least three times. I emailed him. I tweeted at him. I even went through some of his friends, but no response. The dude is mad busy, and I don't blame him for not responding. But at least I tried, right?

Oh, this is just, I can't get over this. Okay. Serious face. So at this point of the story, a new protagonist shows up. His name is Declan Walsh. Now, I reached out to Declan, like, at least three times. I emailed him. I tweeted at him. I even went through some of his friends, but no response. The dude is mad busy, and I don't blame him for not responding. But at least I tried, right?

Anyway, it doesn't matter because he left a mark on this story and documented everything along the way. Declan Walsh is a reporter for The New York Times, and he was doing a bunch of stories in Pakistan and saw this and was like... wait a minute, there's something not right about this company, Exact, and investigated. In fact, he spent two years investigating this story.

Anyway, it doesn't matter because he left a mark on this story and documented everything along the way. Declan Walsh is a reporter for The New York Times, and he was doing a bunch of stories in Pakistan and saw this and was like... wait a minute, there's something not right about this company, Exact, and investigated. In fact, he spent two years investigating this story.

He spoke with a bunch of people who worked at Exact, and he talked to people who bought fake degrees from there. He even spoke with Fazal, the same guy you heard earlier. I mean, it was really phenomenal reporting what he did. And he published a really good article in the All the shenanigans that Xact was getting up to.

He spoke with a bunch of people who worked at Exact, and he talked to people who bought fake degrees from there. He even spoke with Fazal, the same guy you heard earlier. I mean, it was really phenomenal reporting what he did. And he published a really good article in the All the shenanigans that Xact was getting up to.

And he found that Xact had set up over 300 websites of fake schools and like 18 of them were accrediting bodies, fake accrediting bodies, you know, like places that confirm a school is legitimate. Dang, that's just like a lot of schools that he's made up. So much work went into building this company. Yeah, well, when Declan's New York Times article was published, it rippled through Pakistan.

And he found that Xact had set up over 300 websites of fake schools and like 18 of them were accrediting bodies, fake accrediting bodies, you know, like places that confirm a school is legitimate. Dang, that's just like a lot of schools that he's made up. So much work went into building this company. Yeah, well, when Declan's New York Times article was published, it rippled through Pakistan.

People were mad. What's up with this? It looked really bad for a Pakistani company to be so scammy, you know? So the FIA, which is like Pakistan's FBI, was like, OK, OK, we'll check into it. We'll see if there's any fraud here. Meanwhile, Xact's lawyers are sending letters to the New York Times like, Hey, you're writing lies about us. We don't like it. It's baseless and defamatory.

People were mad. What's up with this? It looked really bad for a Pakistani company to be so scammy, you know? So the FIA, which is like Pakistan's FBI, was like, OK, OK, we'll check into it. We'll see if there's any fraud here. Meanwhile, Xact's lawyers are sending letters to the New York Times like, Hey, you're writing lies about us. We don't like it. It's baseless and defamatory.

We're going to pursue strict legal action against you. But the FIA was investigating Xact. And yeah, they found enough evidence to open a case. What's more is they really didn't like the kind of bullying behavior that they were trying to scam customers out of more money by threatening them and deceiving them. So the FIA took action. They raided the offices of EXACT.

We're going to pursue strict legal action against you. But the FIA was investigating Xact. And yeah, they found enough evidence to open a case. What's more is they really didn't like the kind of bullying behavior that they were trying to scam customers out of more money by threatening them and deceiving them. So the FIA took action. They raided the offices of EXACT.

And they just started grabbing everything once they got in there. Computers, documents, people. But absolutely none of the executives were around during the raid, which is kind of suspicious. Like, how did those executives know not to come in the office that day? But the people they did grab, they questioned them and just let them go.

And they just started grabbing everything once they got in there. Computers, documents, people. But absolutely none of the executives were around during the raid, which is kind of suspicious. Like, how did those executives know not to come in the office that day? But the people they did grab, they questioned them and just let them go.

They found in the building next to Exact is where they were printing all the fake degrees. They had printers there and fancy paper, everything. And they just took it all. And at this point... The timeline becomes very dizzying to me. I tried my best to like get it all sorted out, but it's just, it's fuzzy. There's some gaps, I'm sure. But I'll do what I can to explain what I think happened.

They found in the building next to Exact is where they were printing all the fake degrees. They had printers there and fancy paper, everything. And they just took it all. And at this point... The timeline becomes very dizzying to me. I tried my best to like get it all sorted out, but it's just, it's fuzzy. There's some gaps, I'm sure. But I'll do what I can to explain what I think happened.

But I'll just let you know this story from here on out is kind of difficult to know exactly what happened. So the FIA raids the exact offices, right? But they didn't arrest anyone. Well, with the information they gathered from the raid, they found enough evidence to put out arrest warrants for 23 people, including the CEO, Shuaib Shaikh.

But I'll just let you know this story from here on out is kind of difficult to know exactly what happened. So the FIA raids the exact offices, right? But they didn't arrest anyone. Well, with the information they gathered from the raid, they found enough evidence to put out arrest warrants for 23 people, including the CEO, Shuaib Shaikh.

I can't tell if any of them were actually caught or arrested or if they turned themselves in or did any jail time at all. And I can't even tell you who the 23 people are that had arrest warrants out for them. I'm assuming they were executives or people involved.