A city-based research foundation claims that over 9,500 companies offer such certificates

The raid by the Central Crime Branch (CCB) on seven companies that provide fake experience certificates seems to be just the tip of the iceberg, as a city-based research foundation claims that over 9,500 such companies are operating across the country.

Rezorce Research Foundation, which helps companies undertake employment background verification, claims that the scale of the problem is becoming larger by the day.

The foundation, in a letter to Police Commissioner M.N. Reddi on Wednesday, claimed that nearly 20 per cent of all checks it has undertaken have either education, employment or address related issues. Most persons involved in the racket are educated and professionally qualified. The foundation has suggested that the problem can be tackled with pro-active police interference.

Narendra K.V. from the foundation said companies that offer fake certificates are sometimes listed with the Ministry of Company Affairs. “Some of the companies have a website and even file I-T returns; the only thing is that these companies do not physically exist. There is an organised mafia behind such companies,” he claimed.

He said that the foundation had brought the 9,500 fraudulent companies to the notice of the police and even agreed to share other details. “However, when the authorities did not evince any interest, we decided to put the details in the public domain. We have uploaded the names, addresses, contact details, names of the promoters, postal proof that indicates that the company does not physically exist,” he added.

The details are available at the website of Rezorce.

Meanwhile, CCB sleuths are continuing their probe into the scam and claim that more than 50 companies are in their radar.