Prosecutor General's Office of Azerbaijan summons Ilgar Hajiyev, Mahammad Mirzali, Gurban Mammadov and others

The Prosecutor General's Office of Azerbaijan has summoned Ilgar Hajiyev, Mahammad Mirzali, Gurban Mammadov, Elshad Mammadov, Gabil Mammadov, and Tural Sadigli to the Investigation Department in accordance with the legislation, the Prosecutor General's Office told ITV.

According to Report, official notices have been sent to the accused persons by the Investigation Department of the Prosecutor General's Office based on the requirements of Article 467-13.4 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

They are suspected of several crimes, including reasonable suspicions that Ilgar Hajiyev, by abusing the trust of an acquaintance known to the investigation, fraudulently obtained $10,000,000, equivalent to 17,000,000 manats at the official exchange rate of that period, by deceiving with promises of earning $18,000,000 if he invested $10,000,000 in residential complex construction projects in Pirogovka village of Mytishchinsky district and Novye Zhavoronki village of Odintsovsky district in Moscow region of the Russian Federation, during the period from February 2016 to March 22, 2017, in Moscow, Russia and in front of Heydar Aliyev International Airport in the Khazar district of Baku, thus fraudulently appropriating a large amount of property of the victim.

A decision was made on June 2, 2018, to charge Mahammad Mirzali under Articles 220.2 and 281.1 of the Criminal Code. According to the decision, reasonable suspicions have been established that Mirzali deliberately made open calls in early 2018 aimed at the forcible seizure of power in Azerbaijan, as well as for mass riots accompanied by violence and active disobedience to the legitimate demands of government representatives.

Reasonable suspicions have been established that Gurban Mammadov, as part of a pre-arranged group, made deliberate open calls on internet information resources on April 19, 2019, June 8, 2019, June 15, 2019, and August 7, 2019, aimed at the forcible seizure of power in the Republic of Azerbaijan, as well as for mass riots accompanied by violence and active disobedience to the legitimate demands of government representatives.

Also, on March 26, 2019, June 29, 2019, October 18, 2019, and October 27, 2019, he made open calls on internet information resources for actions that disrupt public security, create panic among the population, influence decision-making by state authorities, create conditions for the death of people, harm to their health, significant property damage or other socially dangerous consequences, i.e., terrorism, as well as mass riots accompanied by destruction of property.

Additionally, on July 11, 2023, he disseminated information constituting state secrets known to him through his work on the AzerFreedom TV internet platform, causing serious consequences without signs of treason against the state.

A decision was made on May 5, 2022, to charge Elshad Mammadov under Articles 12.1 and 281.2 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Reasonable suspicions have been established that from April 2021 to May 2022, as part of a pre-arranged group, he made open calls on internet information resources aimed at the forcible seizure of power in Azerbaijan, its forcible retention, and the forcible change of the constitutional order of Azerbaijan, and disseminated such materials on internet resources.

Reasonable suspicions have been established that Gabil Mammadov, who is charged under Articles 178.2.2, 178.2.4, 182.2.1, 182.2.4, 214.2.1, 214.2.2, 214.2.3, 214-1, 214-2, 32.3, 34.2, 233, 32.3, 34.2, 315, 32.3, 34.2, 186.2.1, 32.3, 34.2, 186.2.2, 32.3, 34.2, and 127.2.1 of the Criminal Code, deceived various individuals in the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan in period from 2015 to 2017 by promising to get them jobs in various government agencies, ensure their pensions and social benefits, and by abusing their trust, misappropriated cash belonging to 10 persons in the total amount of 29,597 manats ($17,410), causing considerable damage to the victims through repeated fraud. In addition, on June 30, 2019, and October 21, 2019, in a prior agreement with other persons, he made open calls on internet information resources aimed at committing terrorist acts in the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan and expressed terrorist actions in his speeches by disseminating such content on open internet resources.

Also, from early 2019 to April 2020, together with other persons with whom he had a prior agreement, he sent 10,000 manats ($5,882) in various currencies directly and indirectly through the WhatsApp program to persons in Azerbaijan for terrorist purposes, thereby financing terrorism.

At the same time, on July 14, 2020, along with other persons with whom he had a prior agreement, he organized and led the commission of a crime that disrupted public stability in the Republic of Azerbaijan, grossly violated public order, was associated with disobedience to the legitimate demands of government representatives, caused disruption of normal functioning of transport and organizations, involved resistance to government representatives in the performance of their official duties by using force against them, and deliberately destroyed and damaged the property of the victim who was performing his official duties, causing serious consequences and damage, by coordinating the activities of the participants in the crime, directing the commission of the crime, and strengthening their determination to commit the crime.

Along with the above, from October 2023 onwards, together with other persons with whom he had a prior agreement, he continuously demanded 28,500 manats ($16,764) by threatening to degrade the honor and dignity of a person living in the Republic of Azerbaijan on internet information resources with the aim of obtaining a considerable amount of someone else's property, and on February 24, 2024, and February 27, 2024, shared defamatory information about the person on internet information resources among an unlimited number of internet users.

Reasonable suspicions have been established that in 2016, another accused person, Tural Sadigli promised a citizen of the Republic of Azerbaijan residing in the Federal Republic of Germany that he could obtain a "residence permit" for them, thereby gaining their trust and fraudulently taking their property worth 1260 manats ($741.18). Additionally, there were substantiated suspicions of the illegal creation of official documents that grant rights, which knowingly included false information stating that individuals were being persecuted and pressured due to their political views and positions as members of political parties operating in the Republic of Azerbaijan. This was allegedly done to facilitate the acquisition of citizenship, claiming that they had been subjected to administrative arrests by courts for participating in mass protests and resisting law enforcement officers, that criminal cases had been opened against them, and that they had been summoned by law enforcement authorities. Moreover, the corresponding signatures, blanks, printed, and handwritten texts of state organizations were not directly executed but were copied using digital devices and printed via electrophotographic methods on printing devices.

Furthermore, on April 19, 2019, June 8, 2019, June 15, 2019, and August 7, 2019, Sadigli intentionally made open calls on internet information resources aimed at the violent seizure of power in the Republic of Azerbaijan and the commission of mass riots, accompanied by active disobedience to the lawful demands of government representatives and violence.