Azerbaijan, Baku / Trend corr. K.Zarbaliyeva / Court trial over the case criminal case of the president and seven employees of Barmek company is complete. The next hearing will be held on 29 August, stated Vugar Khasayev, a lawyer, informed Trend on 23 August.
The president of the company, Huseyn Arabul, is being charged with the contravening Articles 179.3.2 (appropriation and embezzlement), 308.2 (abuse of powers) and 313 (service falsification) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan and he was given a written undertaking not to leave a place.
Employees of Barmek limited company, the vice-president Omer Guner, director of technical Department, Vafa Agayev, alternate director of technical Department, Mahir Novruzov, the former manager, Chingiz Ibadov, chief of Financial Department, Valeh Abdullayev and chief of the Department on Exploitation of High Voltage Networks, Chingiz Abdullayev, and chief of the Service of Relay Protection, Askar Askarzadeh, were accused with the contravening Articles 179.3.2 and 313 of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan.
Barmek was to manage the Bakuelectricshabaka for 25 years term in compliance with the contract signed between the Ministry of Economic Development and Barmek company.
The investigation revealed that the company was to invest $51mln in compliance with the investment program, though no investment was raised.
Some AZN 9.144mln was misappropriated by the employees of Barmek.