Former officials accused of embezzling 1 million manat

Former head of the Baku Main Department of Youth and Sports Ragif Abbasov and head of the financial and economic sector of the same structure Eldeniz Gulamov have been brought to criminal responsibility, oxu.az reports. The former officials are accused of embezzling state funds in the amount of about 1 million manat.

The investigation of the criminal case was conducted by the Main Department for Combating Corruption under the Prosecutor General. They were charged under Article 179.4 (embezzlement committed with causing major damage) of the Criminal Code.

R. Abbasov and E. Gulamov are not in custody; an alternative preventive measure has been chosen for both pending trial.

This fact was confirmed by the press service of the supervisory agency.

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