Azerbaijan Sentences Employee Of Nakhchivan Customs Committee Following Court Hearings
Date
11/25/2022 5:11:31 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 25 . The petition of
the investigator in a criminal case opened by the Azerbaijani State
Security Service against the head of the department for regulating
customs tariffs and payments of the State customs Committee of the
Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic Mansur Asgarov was considered,
trend reports on
November 25.
By the decision of the Sabail District Court dated November 24,
a measure of restraint in the form of arrest for four months was
chosen against Asgarov who attended the court session with his
lawyer.
As a result of the investigation of the criminal case,
embezzlement on an especially large scale was revealed. Asgarov is
accused of embezzlement of public funds in the amount of 132
million manat ($77.6 million) in collusion with a group of
people.
The officials of the State Customs Committee of the Nakhchivan
Autonomous Republic are accused of creating a second, informal
system of collecting fees for goods imported without clearance
bypassing the central electronic system of processing state customs
duties.
Further details about the course of the criminal case are being
specified.
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