Details of the trial on the case of legalization of half a billion manats

A hearing was held in the Baku Court of Grave Crimes under the chairmanship of Judge Anar Sadigov on the criminal case of Bahadir Gasimov, Ikram Gasimov, Farhad Gasimov, Javid Azizov, Veli Aliyev and Anar Akhmedov, accused of legalization of large sums of money, tax evasion and cybercrime, Report informs.

The money was legalized in offices in the Yasamal district of Baku, as well as in Istanbul and Dubai. A total of 254,409,947 manats were illegally transferred abroad through the company. 1% of this amount – 2.5 million manats – remained with them as payment for services.

During the search of I. Gasimov’s office and home, 1.5 million dollars, 1.4 million manats, American-made firearms, about 100 gold and diamond items worth about 1 million manats were found. It is reported that the jewelry was smuggled into the country.

Numerous properties of the arrested individuals and their family members, as well as about 100 expensive cars and other vehicles have been seized. The total value of all the property is about half a billion manats.

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