Baku. Shahriyar Alizade – APA. The Baku Court of Grave Crimes after the break continued the hearing on the cases of the arrested former chairman of the International Bank of Azerbaijan Jahangir Hajiyev and seven more people connected with him.
Witness Tahir Majidov said during the hearing that he works as a treasurer at the bank’s Sabunchu branch, noting that there was no money at the branch when the loan had to be given and that the loans had been documented. The director said they would take the money from the central office, he added.
Later on, Ibrahim Kazimov, employee of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime, made his speech, saying the main directorate had received information about firearms stored in Azad Javadov’s house and they found a pistol and six bullets from the house.
Witness Ulduz Mammadov said he took part in the searching of Javadov’s house and that he saw the pistol found therein.
Another witness, Kamil Ibadov, also testified at the hearing, saying he works as head of the bank’s Sabuncu branch and that the persons who had been given loans did not receive money from there but only signed the documents.
The hearing will be resumed on September 7.
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Baku. Shahriyar Alizade – APA. The Baku Court of Grave Crimes on Monday held an hearing on the cases of the arrested former chairman of the International Bank of Azerbaijan Jahangir Hajiyev and seven more people connected with him.
Jahangir Hajiyev’s attorney Fakhraddin Mehdiyev raised his objection to the way the court is conducting the investigation, saying the defendants’ presumption of innocence and right to defense are being violated. He said the prosecution’s biased materials are put up for discussion, while the defense’s petitions are not even discussed.
The attorney presented new materials. In the first petition, the Finance Ministry spokesperson was required to testify as a witness and clarify his claim of $5 billion embezzlement.
The attorney said the figures given in the indictment were conflicting, noting that by this means they do not expect a fair verdict from the court.
Speaking about the Finance Ministry’s statement that Jahangir has embezzlement $5 billion dollars and transferred it to the offshore, the attorney said this is a violation of his right to presumption of innocence, which creates a negative public opinion against him.
The second petition had to do with the introduction to the court of the results of a monitoring conducted by the ministries of finance and taxes in the International Bank of Azerbaijan.
Another petition was related to the receipt from the bank of documents on projects.
Attorney Afghan Hajiyev said the petitions will be discussed after the witnesses give testimony and the documents are submitted.
Prosecutor Farid Naghiyev noted that the 5 billion which was mentioned in the statement by the Finance Ministry is not related to the criminal case. He said this amount is related to an individual, not the bank.
Jahangir Hajiyev disagreed with the prosecutor and said the matter is about introduction of AZN 211 million by the Finance Ministry as $5 billion.
The process will continue in the second half of the day.
The attorney added that they did not know whether it was due to embezzlement, saying he knew Jahangir since a long time ago.
Those involved in the case are accused under articles 179.3.1, 179.3.2 (embezzlement on a large scale by an organized group), 308.2 (abuse of power, resulting in grave consequences), 309.2 (abuse of power, resulting in grave crimes), 313 (official forgery), 228.1 and 228.4 (illegal storage and carrying of firearms).
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