Owner of the AMAY Shopping Center Abdulla Abdullayev is arrested

The owner of a large shopping center AMAY Abdulla Abdullayev is arrested  of fraud, according to  General Prosecutor's Office. Abdullayev has been arrested  on the case investigated by the Office  to Combat Corruption under the General Prosecutor's Office on the basis of materials received from the Fund to Support National Business at the Ministry of Economy and Industry.

Based on primary evidence  a lawsuit was  filed under the Articles 179.3.2 of the Criminal Code (misappropriation and embezzlement ) and 308.2 (abuse of power.)

The investigation established that Abdullayev, as head of the Supervisory Board of the commercial bank "Birlikbank", abusing the powers, received from the Fund to Support National Business 3,397,000 manat allocated for development of agriculture and other areas, and redirect them to the construction and repair of buildings  of AMAY in Khatai district.

In this regard, he was brought to justicem and was arrested.

Abdullayev  used to be one of the businessmen most close to ruling elite.

Under the presidency of Heydar Aliyev he  controlled one of the largest  wholesale commodity markets at the metro station "Ganjlik."

Security staff by Abdullayev even participated in the suppression of opposition protests. However, after Ilham Aliyev became president  the market was demolished, and Abdullayev had to build a new shopping center in Khatai district, in a sparsely populated area.

Several years ago he  had a lawsuit  with the largest holding Azersun, which ended not in Abudllayev’s favor. –06d--