The Fiji National Provident Fund may seek assistance from Police in their investigation into some private tertiary institutes which had enrolled bogus students and institutions that had closed down without students being taken into account and allegedly pocketed the FNPF payout.

Chief Executive Aiskae Taito said that at the moment they are carrying out internal investigations and if the need arises then they would seek assistance from Police.

The Fund introduced the strict criteria’s earlier this month following revelations that there were cases where their Education assistance was abused.

This resulted in private tertiary schools having to submit their audited financial reports, company annual returns and company tax returns for them to qualify for assistance.

The deadline for applications was last Friday but at the moment only USP, FNU, TPAF and University of Fiji are recognized by FNPF.