A crime worth one million manat was committed in Baku

Information about the unjustified prosecution of Ilkin Babayev by the Main Department for Combating Corruption under the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Azerbaijan  and the release of other persons from liability has been spread on some pages in social networks. In this regard, I. Babayev’s mother Solmaz Zeynalova posted an appeal on social networks, Oxu.Az reports, citing the press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office.

Based on the appeals of numerous individuals, a criminal case was initiated and investigated in the Main Department under the relevant articles of the Criminal Code of the AR. As a result, reasonable suspicions arose that Ilkin Babayev, as part of an organized group together with Eldar Muradov, Mobil Hasanzade, Allahgulu Mamedov and Asef Agazade, fraudulently appropriated more than 700,000 manats from 32 individuals under the pretext of employment, registration of land documents, recognition of educational documents, etc., as well as more than 240,000 manats from 7 individuals, in a criminal connection with Nahid Shamshirov.

For these acts, Ilkin Babayev and other individuals were charged under Articles 178.3.2 (fraud causing major damage), 310 (appropriation of official powers) and other articles of the Criminal Code, and on May 27, 2023, the criminal case was sent to the Baku Serious Crimes Court. The trial is currently ongoing.

Nahid Shamshirov was also charged under Articles 178.3.2, 310 and other articles of the Criminal Code, was placed on the international wanted list for evading investigation, and by decision of the Binagadi District Court, a preventive measure in the form of arrest in absentia was chosen for him.

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