Employees of the Synergy University were sued for selling certificates on evading mobilization

The Metropolitan Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Moscow Prosecutor’s Office are conducting an inspection at the Synergy University, which, according to the departments, fictitiously employed citizens for money in order to provide them with a deferment from conscription as part of partial mobilization. Agency sources said:Moscow”, specifying that criminal cases were initiated against some employees of the university.

“Currently, prosecutors and investigators are establishing the exact number of criminal facts, persons to whom such certificates were issued, as well as persons involved in the commission of the crime,” the agency’s interlocutors said. According to them, 180 thousand rubles were taken at the university. for issuing a certificate of employment.

The very fact of employment in a higher educational institution does not provide citizens with a respite from partial mobilization. They can only claim to be included in the lists of “booked” employees, who are subsequently sent by educational institutions to the Ministry of Education and Science.

“The management of the Synergy University has identified unscrupulous employees who allegedly provided certificates for a monetary reward to obtain a deferment from partial mobilization,” the university’s press service said in a statement (Kommersant has it).

“Working closely with law enforcement agencies, we managed to identify violators in a timely manner and bring them to justice. Criminal cases have been initiated against these employees, they will be punished within the legal framework of the Russian Federation,” the report says.

Andrey Sapozhnikov