Criminal case of officials involved in tax corruption sent to court

The preliminary investigation of the criminal case has been completed in connection with the violations committed in the territorial tax department No. 8 of the State Tax Service under the Ministry of Economy of Azerbaijan, oxu.az reports with reference to the press service of the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Thus, in the course of the investigation, reasonable suspicions were established that the former head of the above department, Zaur Adilov, in collusion with the ex-head of the mobile tax audit department, Ajdar Aliyev, demanded funds in the amount of 35,000 manats from the Limited Liability Company for failure to conduct an on-site tax audit, from which received 12,000 manats.

In relation to the said officials, a preventive measure in the form of arrest was chosen by the court with charges under Articles 308.2 (abuse of official powers that entailed grave consequences), 311.3. accepting a bribe on a large scale) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

The criminal case was sent to the Lankaran Court for Grave Crimes.

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