Real money for virtual students

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Teodor Maghiar, the former chancellor of Oradea University faces a trial for illegally receiving over 24 million euros from the Minister of Education.

Maghiar will have to return the money to the Minister of Education, if the prosecutors find him guilty of fraud.

The National Anti-Corruption Department prosecutors stated that the former chancellor reported a more than double number of students in his University than the in reality. According to these statistic figures, the University received funds from the Minister of Education and Research (MEC).

How to receive 24,3 million euros

The data showed that annually, the university had 17.000 students and in reality there were only 14.000, a report of DNA reveals. The prosecutors have calculated that Maghiar received over 88 million lei.

The Minister of Education is now trying to recover the sum, so the prosecutors seized Teodor Maghiar’s goods: a Mercedes Benz A149, four houses in Oradea and three properties of over 3.000 square meters.

Also, prosecutors are investigating how 26 Italian citizens received their degrees at the Medical School of Oradea University.

Rulling with style

Teodor Maghiar, a friend of the former Romanian President Ion Iliescu, was a social democrat senator until 2004, when he resigned in order to become a county counselor in Bihor.

After the social democrats have lost the elections, Maghiar decided to move to the Conservatory Party, who helped him become a candidate for the European Parliament, although he was being questioned for acts of corruption at the time.

During his reign at the University of Oradea, Teodor Maghiar was never questioned of how the institution’s budget was spent. He was involved in several public scandals, like the naming of doctor honoris causa of his political protectors.

Thus, several politicians received undeserved appreciation. Among these are Traian Chebeleu, former chief of the Presidential Administration during Ion Iliescu’s mandate, Virgil Magureanu, the former chief of the Romanian Information Services (SRI), Liviu Maior and Alexandru Athanasiu, former Ministers of Education, or Mircea Pascu, the former Minister of Defense.