Founder of news website arrested on suspicion of fraud

Police officers in Baku detained a suspect in fraud by abusing citizens’ trust, Report informs citing the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

During the investigation, it was established that the founder of the Az24saat.org news portal, Vugar Gurdganli, made false promises to a number of citizens and, by deception and abuse of their trust, appropriated more than 100 thousand manats.

A criminal case was opened in connection with the fact under the article “fraud” of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan, and the court decided to impose a preventive measure in the form of arrest on the suspect.

Investigative measures in the criminal case are ongoing.

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