Criminal case initiated on the fact of embezzlement by an accountant-consultant

A criminal case has been initiated against an accountant-consultant of the financial accounting sector of the Kapaz district department of the State Social Protection Fund of the city of Ganja under the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population, oxu.az reports with reference to publika.az. The official is accused under Articles 179.3.2 (embezzlement on a large scale), 308.2 (abuse of power) and 313 (official forgery) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

The investigation established that the official falsified the data of 11 deceased residents of Ganja, registering them as living. He transferred all the pensions due to them to the cards of his relatives.

Thus, the accountant secretly embezzled 162,000 manats from the state budget from 2006 to 2018.

The materials of the criminal case have been sent to the Ganja Court of Serious Crimes for consideration.

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