Québec’s anti-corruption agency Unité permanente anticorruption (UPAC) is conducting a criminal investigation into fraudulent networks targeting prospective international students from African countries and QC universities. CBC reports that the investigation follows cases in the news where fraudsters posed as consultants who said they were able to submit applications on the student’s behalf, charged the student fees, and submitted false documentation to the institutions. Université du Québec à Chicoutimi Directrice (par interim) Marie-France Audet said that UPAC’s investigation is good news, as fraud affects both the student victims and the institutions.
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