In the train of a 2018 uncovered expenses affair, the University of St. Gallen (HSG) has subjected all institutions of a special audit. The auditor met with another suspected case in which it comes to fees of 160’000 Swiss francs.
In this “ambiguous case” is still more investigations needed, according to the media release by the Canton and the HSG on Wednesday. You have to be Concerned a period of up to 9. December set, everything disclose, said education Director Stefan Kölliker at a media conference.
After that, will decide the University’s Board of governors, the Chairman of the projects, “whether legal measures need to be taken or not”. In case of suspicion, it comes to fees of 160’000 Swiss francs, which were paid out over a period of five years, and third-party financed.
What it was and what the Institute is concerned, said the person in charge. Due to the ongoing investigations, no further information would be made.
No systematic violations
Apart from this case, would be the special stages, which lasted from April to September, “to expense, there are no significant, systematic deviations from regulations” and brought in addition to jobs days. The government and the rectorate evaluated positively, said Kölliker. It’s a culture had come to “change”.
In the spring of 2018 had become known fraudulent expenses remuneration of the HSG-Institute for financial Economics, financial law and Law and Economics. The Director was set free, because of excessive expenses, remuneration, and the University filed against him in a criminal complaint. The HSG was in the negative headlines.
As a consequence of the affair of the government and the HSG-ordered the special examination at the rectorate: During half a year experts of the cantonal financial control and the Finance Department of the HSG took to expense several thousands of documents from the year 2018, fees, in addition to activities and transactions with related persons under the magnifying glass.
In individual cases, the examination was extended to the previous years. All of the institutions, Profit Center and other units of the University were illuminated.
Clearer regulations
As a consequence of the expenses affair has revised the HSG your charges and expenses regulations. Clear about the arrangements for hotel expenses or speaker fees have been formulated, such as Vice-rector Peter Leibfried said. Since 2018, a certain had taken place in dealing with charges of “self-discipline”.
The University has grown considerably in recent years. Therefore, the focus was directed more on the challenges than on bureaucratic rules as to charges, said the Professor, and a specialist in accounting and auditing. Now, the necessary improvements were implemented.
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Created: 30.10.2019, 12:34 PM
