Azerbaijan, Baku, December 21 / Trend , K.Zarbaliyeva /
The National Security Ministry of Azerbaijan (NSM) defused a group of persons engaged in fraud.
Entering into a preliminary conspiracy, formerly convicted Seyidov Kamil born in 1948, Huseynov Arif born in 1967, Abbasov Anar born in 1975, Veliyev Mukhtar born in 1981, Gasimov Nadir born in 1956, Rahimov Rovshan born in 1957 and Alekperov Vaif born in 1952, engaged in fraud, the NSM center for public affairs told Trend on Dec. 21.
Presenting contracts and projects made with the technical capabilities of the Master Design Company owned by Mukhtar Veliyev, they gave many business people engaged in business activities in Azerbaijan the false promises about provision of various types of construction orders funded by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and other state agencies, and took possession of assets of these people, inflicting large scale damages to them.
At this stage, the investigation made clear that over the past two years, the members of the gang in a fraud way got 809,000 manat and $300,000 belonging to these business people.
The NSM Head Investigation Department filed a criminal case over the fact in accordance with the article 178.3.2 (fraud, taking possession of another's property or buying another's property through deception or breach of trust committed by a group of persons) of the Criminal Code (CC).
Accused Seyidov, Huseynov, Abbasov, Veliyev, Rahimov and Alekperov were arrested according to the court decision.
Other citizens who suffered from fraudulent acts of the persons can apply to the NSM and its territorial agencies (telephone number: 405-99-99).