Criminal cases of two agricultural exporters for failure to return foreign exchange earnings sent to court

Criminal cases against individuals accused of failure to return foreign exchange earnings from agricultural exports to the country have been sent to court, Report informs citing the press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office.

It is noted that based on information received from the State Customs Committee, criminal cases have been initiated in the prosecutor’s office and a preliminary investigation is underway.

In a criminal case being investigated by the Guba District Prosecutor’s Office, reasonable suspicions were revealed regarding the failure to return a total of more than $30.4 million US dollars received from the export of agricultural products by EA-Fruits to a bank account in Azerbaijan. In this regard, Adil Nusrat oglu Mammadov was brought in as an accused under Articles 208.2.1 (failure to return foreign currency from abroad by a group of persons by prior conspiracy) and 308.1 (abuse of office) of the Criminal Code.

By the decision of the Guba District Court, a preventive measure in the form of arrest was chosen against him.

Also, in the criminal case investigated by the Shamkir District Prosecutor’s Office, reasonable suspicions were revealed regarding the failure to return more than 2.1 million US dollars received from the export of agricultural goods by Exspressagro. In this regard, Togrul Elshan oglu Aliyev was brought in as an accused under the same Articles 208.2.1 and 308.1 of the Criminal Code. A preventive measure in the form of police supervision was chosen against him by the decision of the investigative body.

The preliminary investigation of both criminal cases has been completed, and they have been sent for consideration to the Guba and Shamkir district courts, respectively.

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