11 April 2016

• Rake In: To acquire large sum of money 
• In the year since Pakistani investigators raided Axact, a Karachi-based software company accused of raking in hundreds of millions of dollars with a vast Internet degree scam, Pakistani and American investigators have been busy dismantling its operations. (Declan Walsh)
• Soft-pedal : To tone or play-down; make less strong, as an idea or fact
• The leading prosecutor quit with little explanation, hitting that he had come under political pressure to soft-pedal the case. (Declan Walsh)
• Deposition: The giving of testimony under oath
• The worker, Saleem Kureshi, conducted a webcam video deposition in 2011 for the American court. (Declan Walsh)