Operation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs: the activities of a large online casino network prevented, millions of manats seized

The Main Department for Combating Cybercrime of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Azerbaijan has carried out a large-scale operation against members of a criminal group that organized illegal online gambling, oxu.az reports with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Thus, employees of the Main Department, while analyzing the country’s virtual space, found that pages registered under various anonymous names on the Instagram social network attract citizens to gambling on the Internet.

It was established that the leaders of the group – Elmidar Ismayilzade (born in 1999) and Eldeniz Ismayilov (born in 1974) – attracted about 30 people to their criminal activities and organized online gambling. In order to ensure secrecy, members of the criminal network used mobile numbers from Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and other countries, created multiple pages on social networks and attracted citizens to gambling through foreign sites with various tempting promises.
A criminal case was opened in the Main Directorate on this fact under Articles 244-1.3.1 (organization of gambling using Internet information resources or information and telecommunications networks by an organized group), 193-1.3.1 and 193-1.3.2 (legalization of funds or other property obtained by criminal means by an organized group or criminal organization) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

A preventive measure in the form of arrest was chosen for 9 persons who led the network.

Legal procedures for extraditing members of the group to the country and bringing them to justice have been initiated against them, who are hiding in foreign countries. Necessary operational investigative and operational technical measures to identify other members of the group are ongoing.

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