{"id":3507,"date":"2024-03-07T18:12:39","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T16:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=3507"},"modified":"2024-03-07T18:12:39","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T16:12:39","slug":"north-begins-investigation-into-fraudulent-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=3507","title":{"rendered":"North begins investigation into fraudulent college"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/north-begins-investigation-into-fraudulent-college.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\">The north\u2019s higher education standards authority (Yodak) and the Turkish Cypriot police on Thursday <strong>launched an investigation into a \u201chigher education institution\u201d which has been linked to a large criminal network<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation is based on the arrest of a Pakistani national in Kioneli last month, who had received \u20ac10,000 in exchange for creating a forged student visa.The \u201chigher education institution\u201d at which his client \u201cstudied\u201d was called the \u201cCyprus Massachusetts Centre of Innovation\u201d.The Pakistani national is accused of having created forged documents for a fee with the aim of <strong>allowing third country nationals to live illegally in the north<\/strong>, and of doing so systematically and in league with others.There are a total of <strong>39 \u201chigher education institutions\u201d in the north<\/strong>, which operate separately to its 36 universities.The institutions operate outside Yodak\u2019s competency and are entirely subject to the north\u2019s \u2018education ministry\u2019.According to news website Haber Kibris, there are a total of 10,000 people registered at those institutions, 4,000 of whom are active students. <strong>The whereabouts of the other 6,000 people are unknown<\/strong>.Yodak and the Turkish Cypriot police will now carry out a series of inspections at the premises of the 39 institutions.Follow the<br \/>\nCyprus Mail  on Google News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The north&#8217;s higher education standards authority (Yodak) and the Turkish Cypriot police have initiated an investigation into a &#8220;higher education institution&#8221; implicated in a large criminal network. This action follows the arrest of a Pakistani national in Kioneli for creating a forged student visa and exchanging it for \u20ac10,000. The institution involved is named the &#8220;Cyprus Massachusetts Centre of Innovation.&#8221; The Pakistani is accused of systematically producing forged documents to enable third country nationals to reside illegally in the north. There are 39 &#8220;higher education institutions&#8221; in the north, distinct from its 36 universities, which are not regulated by Yodak but by the north&#8217;s &#8216;education ministry&#8217;. Out of 10,000 people registered at these institutions, 4,000 are active students, and the whereabouts of the remaining 6,000 are unknown. 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