Luxury items and jewelry were found at the arrested Pskov State University rector's home

Natalia Ilyina, the rector of Pskov State University (PskovGU), who was arrested on suspicion of fraud, kept branded bags, expensive fur coats and jewelry at home. This is evidenced by the footage taken during the search of the woman's apartment, which appeared at the disposal of Izvestia on April 10.

As part of the searches, 11 branded bags, jewelry, four expensive fur coats, as well as documents for a car for 9 million rubles were found in the person involved in the case.

In addition, according to the Izvestia source, Ilyina and her husband own real estate in Moscow. In 2019 and 2023, they bought two apartments in the capital worth about 40 million rubles. According to the source, the rector's husband and children live in one of them, and her parents live in the other.

Reward yourself: Pskov State University rector detained in fraud case

She faces 10 years in prison for embezzlement of budget funds.

Ilyina was detained on April 8, and the next day the Pskov City Court sentenced her to two months in prison.

A criminal case has been opened against the rector under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Fraud committed on an especially large scale"). According to the investigation, she employed a non-existent employee at the university, through whose salary she cashed out 10 million rubles. In addition, for several years, the rector appropriated salary increases and bonuses accrued to university staff.