This was reported by the press service of the university.

"In connection with the indictment of the rector of the Moscow Higher School of Social and Economic Sciences Sergei Zuev in fictitious employment of employees, the academy is conducting an internal audit," TASS reports.

Earlier it was reported that the investigation brought charges against the rector of Shaninki Sergei Zuev in a fraud case.

According to the investigation, in 2018 Zuev, together with ex-Deputy Minister of Education Marina Rakova and former Deputy Director General of the Foundation for New Forms of Education Development Yevgeny Zak, conspired to steal money from the RANEPA.

As specified, using their official position, the defendants entered into fictitious employment contracts between the RANEPA and 12 employees of the Russian Ministry of Education for their employment.

Investigators of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Moscow also indicted Marina Rakova and Yevgeny Zak under Part 4 of Art.

159 of the Criminal Code of Russia (fraud committed by an organized group or on an especially large scale).

In addition, it was reported that the police identified 12 fictitious RANEPA employees during the investigation of the Rakova case.