The rector of the Dagestan university was accused of fraud for 90 million rubles

The rector of the Dagestan State Technical University was detained on charges of fraud and forgery. This was reported on February 5 by the press service of the Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee (SU Investigative Committee) of the Russian Federation in the republic.

According to investigators, in 2015-2018, the defendant and other university officials transferred funds from the university scholarship account to the settlement accounts of trusted persons, and then cashed them out. In addition, they forged signatures in payrolls on the receipt of wages and bonuses by university employees and received cash from their personal account without posting it to the cash desk of the educational institution.

“As a result of criminal actions, members of an organized group stole funds allocated to the university from the federal budget, totaling more than 90 million rubles,” the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee for the region said.

Now the issue of choosing a preventive measure for the rector in the form of detention is being decided, and measures are being taken to identify accomplices in the crime.

“Searchs were carried out at the place of residence, registration and office of the accused. The case is being investigated under Part 4 of Art. 159 (“Fraud committed by an organized group on an especially large scale”) and Part 2 of Art. 292 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Official forgery”),” the government agency added.

In the report of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee for the region, the name and surname of the accused is not mentioned. According to the information posted on the website of the university, the Dagestan State Technical University is headed by Nurmagomed Surakatov.

In December 2021, it was reported that the rector of a Samara university was detained on suspicion of large-scale fraud. According to investigators, in November 2020, the suspect, together with the deputy head of the research and innovation department of the scientific research organization, entered into fictitious contracts.

Under the terms of these agreements, the university acted as the executor of research work. At the same time, these works were actually carried out by processing previously written works and falsifying the results of sociological research. Thus, after signing the acts of acceptance and transfer of the work performed, the customers transferred funds in the amount of 3 million 500 thousand rubles to the settlement accounts of the educational institution. Then the defendant illegally paid the employees of the educational institution, who did not actually perform the work, cash bonuses. She appropriated part of the money paid.