Before leaving the country, he sold all his property in Azerbaijan, said the lawyer.
Safar Imanov, the former head of the office of the State Committee for Family, Women and Children Affairs, is accused of embezzling $170,000 from a citizen under the guise of granting him/her a position of executive authority deputy head.
The State Committee received appeals from citizens regarding acts of fraud and bribery committed by the former head of the committee’s office Safar Imanov.
On 5 February 2016, the State Committee appealed to the Anti-Corruption Department under the Prosecutor General in order to investigate the case.