India, Oct. 12 -- The Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) has decided to introduce security audits along with a three-tier security system from registered cyber security firms after fraudsters managed to hack into its system to generate 22 fake medical degrees for students in Maharashtra.

The fraud came to light in August after MMC desk officers noticed registrations for foreign medical graduates (FMGs) issued without the mandatory clearances. The Maharashtra nodal cyber police bust a wider inter-state racket this week, and arrested Rahul Patil, an agent from Nashik, along with two FMGs from Buldhana, Varun Akhade, 28 and Sanket Unhale, 26, who had reportedly paid lakhs of rupees to procure the certificates.

The incident also reflects the...