Two deans of the Comrat State University detained by the NAC in a criminal case of corruption. The rector of the institution is being investigated in a state of freedom

The National Anti-corruption Centre (NAC) officers and prosecutors conducted searches in a criminal case initiated on passive corruption committed by persons with management positions within the Comrat State University.

Following the criminal investigation, the dean of the Faculty of Law and the dean of the Faculty of Economics were detained for 72 hours. . At the same time, the rector of the university has the status of suspect and is being investigated in a state of freedom.

According to the criminal investigation materials, the persons concerned are suspected of having demanded and received undue financial means from students to facilitate their passing of assessments and exams, without actually attending classes and without properly taking academic tests.

The investigations documented several episodes of demanding and receiving sums of money from students, including foreign citizens, in exchange for granting undue advantages in the study process. The circumstances in which bachelor's theses were allegedly completed and sold in exchange for sums of money are also being investigated, the cost of one work being estimated at approximately 10,000 lei.

To accumulate evidence, searches were carried out at homes, work offices, means of transport and on the persons targeted by the investigation.

The criminal investigation continues to establish all the circumstances of the case, identify all the persons involved and accumulate the necessary evidence.

Everyone shall benefit from the presumption of innocence until a final court decision is rendered.