Police detain suspects in yacht rental fraud

Law enforcement agencies have detained two young people in Baku suspected of embezzling citizens’ money through fake yacht rental ads on social networks, Report informs citing the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The detainees are 23-year-old Nihat Azadov and Shamama Makhmudova. The perpetrators created numerous fake pages on social networks where they claimed to provide yacht rental services in the Baku Bay.

The detainees appropriated various amounts of money from several citizens under the guise of prepayment for rent, and then blocked them.

The investigation into the illegal actions of the detainees continues at the 22nd police station of the Nasimi District Police Department.

The police are calling on citizens who suffered from the actions of Azadov and Makhmudova to report to law enforcement agencies.

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