Court sentence to journalists-extortioners

The court investigation into the criminal case of journalists of Asef Novruzov and Magsud Safarov, accused of extorting money, has been completed reports APA.

In the process, chaired by the judge of Afghan Hajiyev, in the Baku Court of Grave Crimes, a sentence was read. By the decision of the court A. Novruzov and M.Safarov sentenced to 7 years of imprisonment.

So, according to the information of the Prosecutor General’s Office, during the preliminary investigation, reasonable suspicions arose that the head of the portal CIA.az Asef Novruzov, having entered into collusion with the employee of the same website Magsud Safarov, threatening officials of various state structures, institutions and organizations to extend about them The corresponding reality information that can harm their business reputation, extorting money from them.

A. Novruzov and M. Safarov was charged under articles 182.2.1 (extortion committed by a group of persons) and 182.2.2 (extortion, committed repeatedly) of the Criminal Code, in their respecting the court decision was chosen in the form of an arrest.

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