At the trial in the case of the assignment of IBA funds

Baku / 15.02.19 / Turan: Today the Baku Serious Crimes Court continued the trial in the case of ex-head of the International Bank of Azerbaijan (IBA) Jahangir Hajiyev, businessman Dunyamin Khalilov and 19 others accused of misappropriating funds of this financial institution. At the trial, Dunyamin Khalilov answered the prosecutor's questions.

He stated that audit and tax audits had been carried out in the LLC he had established, and no violations had been identified.

Being asked about the prosecutor about the IBA debt to the "City Delorat" company in the amount of 59 million manat, he said that the company was engaged in providing buildings with electricity and spent money on relocating citizens and purchasing and installing transformers.

Then, the accused Samir Hajiyev was interrogated in court, and said that he worked at General Consalting İT as a specialist: "Then, after Khalilov was elected deputy, his lawyer brought me a document for signature. I hurried and signed. Then Khalilov offered me to head Sigma line ". I agreed. Then the accountant brought the documents to me for signature, said that Dunyamin asked me to sign them. I signed without looking. Then it turned out that they were documents for a loan for building a multi-storey building in Georgia," said the accused. He also stated that he received a salary in the amount of 600 manats and even when he no longer worked for the company, at the request of Khalilov, went to the bank, signed the documents, took the money and transferred them to Khalilov. In general, Hajiyev signed documents on obtaining loans amounting more than 12 million manat.

Then, at the trial, the accused Sarkhan Rasulov was questioned. He said that he worked as a director at one of Khalilov"s companies: "I am accused of misappropriating 40,000 manats. I just went to the bank with the accountant and signed the documents. I believed Khalilov as a manager. I don"t know what he spent the money on. I followed his instructions. Then we sold the property and paid 610,000 to the bank. "He stated that he had seen Hajiyev only on TV and was not personally acquainted. Then a break was nnounced.

* Jahangir Hajiyev was arrested on December 5, 2015, and the Baku Serious Crimes Court sentenced him to 15 years in prison. Hajiyev and seven others were found guilty of abuse, fraud with causing major damage, embezzlement and embezzlement, abuse of office, giving a bribe. At the end of December 2018, the Prosecutor General"s Office reported that Hajiyev was being charged in a new case under the Articles on appropriation of a large amount of money, legalization of funds obtained by criminal means, tax evasion, etc.

He is charged with the conclusion of transactions for the purchase / sale of promissory notes with no real value for a total amount of 3.4 billion dollars and 987 million euros. In addition, by the order of Hajiyev, according to the investigation, numerous loan agreements were concluded in order to legalize cash in manat and foreign currency in the total amount of 900 million manat. These funds were transferred from bank accounts to other accounts for the purpose of assignment.

The investigation accuses Hajiyev of misappropriation of 4.7 billion manat together with the former deputy Dunyamin Khalilov and another 20 people. In addition, according to the investigation, Hajiyev, together with Khalilov, being the actual heads of Aztorq LLC from 2011 to 2014, did not pay taxes to the state budget totaling 1,752,000 manat. Hajiyev and Khalilov rejected all charges. -21С-