Employee of the EU Delegation to Azerbaijan accused of embezzlement of about 1 million manats

On the basis of the appeal of the Delegation of the European Union in Azerbaijan, the investigation of the criminal case initiated by the General Anti-Corruption Department under the Prosecutor General in connection with the illegal actions of the accountant of this structure has been completed. Report was told in the press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office.

During the investigation, reasonable suspicions were revealed that Zarifa Abbasova, while working in this position in 2017-2022, cashed out the funds on the bank account of the representative office, and also transferred funds to her salary card through fake payment orders at different times. Thus, she appropriated more than 980,000 manats.

Zarifa Abbasova was charged under Articles 179.4 (embezzlement on an especially large scale), 308.2 (abuse of official powers that entailed grave consequences) and 313 (official forgery) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the criminal case was sent to the Baku Court for Grave Crimes for consideration.

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