A criminal case has been initiated against two officials

A criminal case has been opened in Azerbaijan regarding the misappropriation of citizens’ funds under the guise of employment in foreign countries, oxu.az reports with reference to the Prosecutor General’s Office.

It is noted that based on an investigation conducted by the Main Anti-Corruption Directorate under the Prosecutor General, according to information received from the State Service for Antimonopoly Supervision and Control of the Consumer Market under the Ministry of Economy, in relation to senior officials of limited liability companies Recent Group and Area Alfa Group has initiated a criminal case under the relevant articles of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Reasonable suspicions were established that the directors of the above-mentioned legal entities, Sevinj Aslanova and Kamil Juraev, received various amounts of funds belonging to individual citizens during 2023-2024, abusing their trust and making false promises to obtain work visas and invitations to Germany, the Netherlands, Slovakia and other countries, as well as solving other types of employment issues.

At present, investigative measures are ongoing on all of these facts, aimed at establishing the circle of victims and the full amount of damage caused.

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