A new case against Huseyn Abdullayev has been submitted to the court

The preliminary investigation of the criminal case against ex-deputy of the Azerbaijani Parliament Huseyn Abdullayev has been completed. The case was opened on the basis of appeals received from foreign authorities about the legalization of large amounts of money by Abdullayev and others in a number of European countries, the message of the Prosecutor General’s Office of Azerbaijan.

The investigation found that “in order to conceal the source of the property acquired by Huseyn Abdullayev, more than 5.5 million manats were transferred from his seven bank accounts and the account of his relatives to other countries. After the conversion, real estate was purchased in the name of his close relatives.

Based on the collected evidence, Huseyn Abdullayev was brought in as an accused under Article 193-1.3.2 (legalization of large-scale property obtained by criminal means) of the Criminal Code.

By a court decision, a preventive measure was chosen against him – arrest. The preliminary investigation of the criminal case has been completed and sent to the Baku Court of Serious Crimes for consideration.

*Huseyn Abdullayev held leading positions in the oil products business in the 90s. Groups of thugs controlled by him participated in the dispersal of opposition protests.

In 2005, Abdullayev became a member of Parliament and criticized the activities of the Cabinet of Ministers. In March 2007, at a meeting of parliament, Deputy Fazail Agamaly provoked Abdullayev into a fight. However, only Abdullayev was punished. He was first arrested, and later conditionally sentenced for hooliganism to 2 years in prison.

In 2013, he emigrated from Azerbaijan. Later, a criminal case was opened against him for tax evasion.

On April 22, 2018, Abdullayev was detained in Türkiye, where he arrived from Germany and extradited to Azerbaijan.

In Baku, he was charged under Articles 192.2.2 (illegal entrepreneurship with the extraction of large income), 178.2.1 (fraud), 178.2.2, 178.2.4 (fraud), 182.2.1 (extortion by threats by prior agreement of persons), 182.2.2 (the same actions committed repeatedly) and 182.2.4 (the same actions committed with the infliction of large damage to the victim damage). Criminal Code. He was subsequently sentenced to 6 years in prison.

In August 2020, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Arrests decided to immediately release Abdullayev.47 days before the end of his 6-year prison sentence, a new charge was filed against him in early March this year. Now Abdullayev is accused of legalizing money obtained by criminal means (art. 193-1.3.2 of the Criminal Code).  In particular, he is accused of laundering 6 million manats from 2006 to 2014, although the investigation has already investigated his actions from 2000 to 2018.